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Design Ops & Handoff

Operational processes that make design teams effective — sprints, handoff, rituals, documentation, and quality assurance.

Design Sprints

A 5-day process for solving big problems and testing ideas before committing engineering resources. Based on Jake Knapp's Sprint methodology developed at Google Ventures.

When to Sprint

Signal	Sprint Is Right	Sprint Is Wrong
Problem clarity	Big problem, unclear solution	Solution already known — just build it
Stakes	High — wrong direction costs months	Low — easy to course-correct later
Team alignment	Disagreement on approach	Team already aligned
Time pressure	Need answers this week	Can run a longer discovery process
Complexity	Cross-functional problem	Single-discipline task

The 5-Day Structure

Day	Focus	Key Activity	Output
Monday	Map	Define the challenge, set a 2-year goal, map the problem space, pick a target	Sprint questions, problem map, target area
Tuesday	Sketch	Review existing solutions, each person sketches solutions individually	Solution sketches (one per person)
Wednesday	Decide	Present sketches, vote (dot voting + decider picks), create storyboard	Storyboard for prototype
Thursday	Prototype	Build a realistic facade — just enough to test	Testable prototype
Friday	Test	5 user interviews, observe together, identify patterns	Go/no-go decision with evidence

Sprint Team

Role	Count	Responsibility
Decider	1	Has authority to make final calls. Usually PM or founder
Facilitator	1	Runs the process, keeps time, manages energy
Designer	1-2	Leads sketching, builds prototype
Engineer	1-2	Feasibility gut-checks, helps prototype
Domain expert	1-2	Customer support, sales, marketing — whoever knows the user
Total	5-7	More than 7 is counterproductive

Sprint Rules

No devices during working sessions — full attention
Work alone together — individual sketching, not group brainstorming
The Decider decides — democracy is slow; one person breaks ties
Prototype, don't build — facade quality, not production quality
5 users is enough — you'll see 85% of usability issues with 5 participants

Design-to-Development Handoff

Handoff is the #1 source of quality loss in product teams. The goal: engineers should never have to guess.

Handoff Maturity Levels

Level	Description	Symptom
1. Screenshot	Designer sends a static image	Engineers guess spacing, states, behavior
2. Annotated mockup	Redlines, spacing callouts	Better, but still missing states and edge cases
3. Interactive spec	Figma/design tool with inspect mode, component links	Engineers can extract values, but behavior is undocumented
4. Full spec	All states, transitions, error handling, responsive behavior, tokens	Engineers build exactly what was designed
5. Integrated	Design and code share a component system; handoff is a conversation, not a document	Minimal spec needed — shared language does the work

Target: Level 4 minimum. Level 5 for mature teams.

What a Complete Handoff Includes

Every screen or component handoff must cover:

Category	Required Items
Layout	Spacing (in tokens, not pixels), alignment, responsive breakpoints, container behavior
Content	Final copy (not lorem ipsum), character limits, truncation rules, localization notes
States	Default, hover, focus, active, disabled, loading, empty, error, success — for every interactive element
Behavior	What happens on click/tap, keyboard interaction, drag, swipe. Transition details
Responsive	How the layout adapts at each breakpoint. What reflows, stacks, hides, or changes
Tokens	Color tokens, typography tokens, spacing tokens — never raw hex/px values
Accessibility	Focus order, ARIA roles, screen reader announcements, touch targets, color contrast
Edge cases	Long strings, empty data, error recovery, offline behavior, permissions
Assets	Icons (SVG), images (with alt text), animations (specs or files)

Handoff Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern	Problem	Fix
"It's in Figma"	No context, engineer must reverse-engineer intent	Write behavior notes on every frame
Happy path only	Only the ideal flow is designed	Design all states before handoff
Pixel specs	"24px left margin"	Use tokens: `spacing-md`
Verbal handoff	"I'll explain it in standup"	If it's not written down, it doesn't exist
Big-bang handoff	Entire feature dropped on engineering at once	Hand off in slices that match sprint stories
No error states	"We'll figure out errors later"	Error states are designed first, not last

Team Rituals and Cadences

Core Design Rituals

Ritual	Frequency	Duration	Purpose	Who Attends
Design critique	Weekly	45-60 min	Improve work-in-progress through structured feedback	All designers
Design-eng sync	Weekly	30 min	Align on upcoming work, resolve handoff questions	Design lead + eng lead
Design review	Per milestone	30-60 min	Stakeholder sign-off on direction	PM, design, eng leads, stakeholders
Handoff session	Per story/feature	30-45 min	Walk engineering through specs, answer questions	Designer + implementing engineers
Design QA	Per release	60-90 min	Verify implementation matches spec	Designer + engineer
Retro	Bi-weekly or per sprint	45 min	Improve the process	Whole product team
Design sprint	As needed	5 days	Solve big problems, validate risky ideas	Cross-functional team (5-7)

Running Effective Design Critiques

Format: Presenter shares context (2 min) → Group reviews silently (3 min) → Structured feedback (15-20 min per piece) → Next steps (2 min)

Critique rules:

Presenter states what feedback they want — "I need help with the empty state" not "What do you think?"
Feedback references principles, not preferences — "This violates Fitts's Law" not "I don't like the button placement"
Describe problems, don't prescribe solutions — "Users might miss this action" not "Make the button bigger"
No defending — presenter listens, asks clarifying questions only
Written notes — someone captures all feedback items with action owners

Handoff Session Structure

Context (5 min) — What problem does this solve? What user story?
Walkthrough (10-15 min) — Designer walks through the flow, screen by screen
States and edge cases (10 min) — Hover, error, empty, loading, responsive
Tokens and components (5 min) — Which design system components to use, which tokens
Questions (10 min) — Engineers ask anything unclear
Action items — What needs clarification before build starts

Documentation Standards

File Organization

project-name/
├── exploration/          # Early concepts, discarded directions
│   └── v1-concepts/
├── current/              # Active, approved designs
│   ├── flows/            # User flows and journey maps
│   ├── screens/          # Screen-level designs
│   └── components/       # Component-level specs
├── assets/               # Production-ready exports
│   ├── icons/
│   └── images/
├── handoff/              # Handoff documentation
│   └── [feature-name]/
└── archive/              # Past versions (never delete, move here)

Naming Conventions

Element	Convention	Example
Files	`[project]-[feature]-[variant]`	`taskpilot-onboarding-v2`
Pages/frames	`[flow]-[step]-[state]`	`checkout-payment-error`
Components	Match code component names exactly	`ButtonPrimary`, not `Main CTA`
Versions	Semantic: `v1.0`, `v1.1`, `v2.0`	Major = new direction, minor = iteration
Layers	Descriptive, no "Group 1" or "Frame 47"	`header/nav/menu-trigger`

Version Control Rules

Never overwrite — create a new version, archive the old one
Name the change — "v2.1 — added error states" not just "v2.1"
Link to decisions — every major version links to the decision that drove it (Slack thread, meeting note, sprint review)
Single source of truth — one canonical file per feature. No "copy of" files
Archive, don't delete — move outdated designs to archive with a date stamp

Design QA

Design QA is the process of verifying that what was built matches what was designed. Do it before every release.

Design QA Checklist

Category	Check	Tool
Visual accuracy	Colors match tokens. Spacing matches spec. Typography is correct	Side-by-side comparison, browser dev tools
States	All states render correctly: default, hover, focus, active, disabled, error, loading, empty	Manual testing, Storybook
Responsive	Layout works at all breakpoints. Nothing overflows, truncates wrong, or disappears	Resize browser, test on real devices
Content	Real content fits. Long strings handled. Empty states designed. Truncation works	Test with edge-case content
Interaction	Animations match spec. Transitions are smooth. Timing feels right	Manual testing, slow-motion recording
Accessibility	Focus order correct. Screen reader announces correctly. Contrast passes. Touch targets 44px+	axe, keyboard testing, VoiceOver/NVDA
Cross-browser	Renders correctly in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge	BrowserStack or manual
Performance	Images optimized. No layout shift. Animations don't drop frames	Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals

Filing Design QA Issues

Every issue needs:

**What:** [Element name] on [screen/page]
**Expected:** [What the design spec shows — link to frame]
**Actual:** [What the build shows — screenshot]
**Severity:** [Critical / Major / Minor / Cosmetic]
**Environment:** [Browser, viewport, OS]

Severity scale:

Critical — Functionality broken. User can't complete the task
Major — Wrong behavior. User can complete the task but with confusion or errors
Minor — Visual discrepancy. User isn't affected functionally but quality feels off
Cosmetic — Nitpick. Pixel-level differences that only designers notice

Acceptance Criteria for Design

Add these to every user story:

Design acceptance criteria:
- [ ] All states match design spec (link to Figma frame)
- [ ] Responsive behavior verified at 320px, 768px, 1024px, 1440px
- [ ] Keyboard navigation works (Tab, Enter, Escape, Arrow keys)
- [ ] Screen reader announces all interactive elements correctly
- [ ] Design tokens used (no hardcoded colors, spacing, or typography)
- [ ] Loading and error states implemented
- [ ] Edge-case content tested (empty, long strings, special characters)

Process Metrics

Track these to measure design ops health:

Metric	What It Measures	Target	How to Measure
Handoff completeness	% of handoffs with all states, tokens, responsive specs	>90%	Audit handoff docs quarterly
Design QA pass rate	% of stories passing design QA on first review	>80%	Track QA issues per story
Rework rate	% of design work that gets

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name: design-ops
description: Run design sprints, manage handoff, establish team rituals, documentation standards, and design QA processes. Covers the operational side of design — how teams organize work, collaborate with engineering, and ship quality.
---

# Design Ops & Handoff

Operational processes that make design teams effective — sprints, handoff, rituals, documentation, and quality assurance.

---

## Design Sprints

A 5-day process for solving big problems and testing ideas before committing engineering resources. Based on Jake Knapp's Sprint methodology developed at Google Ventures.

### When to Sprint

| Signal | Sprint Is Right | Sprint Is Wrong |
|--------|----------------|-----------------|
| Problem clarity | Big problem, unclear solution | Solution already known — just build it |
| Stakes | High — wrong direction costs months | Low — easy to course-correct later |
| Team alignment | Disagreement on approach | Team already aligned |
| Time pressure | Need answers this week | Can run a longer discovery process |
| Complexity | Cross-functional problem | Single-discipline task |

### The 5-Day Structure

| Day | Focus | Key Activity | Output |
|-----|-------|-------------|--------|
| **Monday** | Map | Define the challenge, set a 2-year goal, map the problem space, pick a target | Sprint questions, problem map, target area |
| **Tuesday** | Sketch | Review existing solutions, each person sketches solutions individually | Solution sketches (one per person) |
| **Wednesday** | Decide | Present sketches, vote (dot voting + decider picks), create storyboard | Storyboard for prototype |
| **Thursday** | Prototype | Build a realistic facade — just enough to test | Testable prototype |
| **Friday** | Test | 5 user interviews, observe together, identify patterns | Go/no-go decision with evidence |

### Sprint Team

| Role | Count | Responsibility |
|------|-------|---------------|
| **Decider** | 1 | Has authority to make final calls. Usually PM or founder |
| **Facilitator** | 1 | Runs the process, keeps time, manages energy |
| **Designer** | 1-2 | Leads sketching, builds prototype |
| **Engineer** | 1-2 | Feasibility gut-checks, helps prototype |
| **Domain expert** | 1-2 | Customer support, sales, marketing — whoever knows the user |
| **Total** | 5-7 | More than 7 is counterproductive |

### Sprint Rules

1. **No devices** during working sessions — full attention
2. **Work alone together** — individual sketching, not group brainstorming
3. **The Decider decides** — democracy is slow; one person breaks ties
4. **Prototype, don't build** — facade quality, not production quality
5. **5 users is enough** — you'll see 85% of usability issues with 5 participants

---

## Design-to-Development Handoff

Handoff is the #1 source of quality loss in product teams. The goal: engineers should never have to guess.

### Handoff Maturity Levels

| Level | Description | Symptom |
|-------|------------|---------|
| **1. Screenshot** | Designer sends a static image | Engineers guess spacing, states, behavior |
| **2. Annotated mockup** | Redlines, spacing callouts | Better, but still missing states and edge cases |
| **3. Interactive spec** | Figma/design tool with inspect mode, component links | Engineers can extract values, but behavior is undocumented |
| **4. Full spec** | All states, transitions, error handling, responsive behavior, tokens | Engineers build exactly what was designed |
| **5. Integrated** | Design and code share a component system; handoff is a conversation, not a document | Minimal spec needed — shared language does the work |

**Target: Level 4 minimum. Level 5 for mature teams.**

### What a Complete Handoff Includes

Every screen or component handoff must cover:

| Category | Required Items |
|----------|---------------|
| **Layout** | Spacing (in tokens, not pixels), alignment, responsive breakpoints, container behavior |
| **Content** | Final copy (not lorem ipsum), character limits, truncation rules, localization notes |
| **States** | Default, hover, focus, active, disabled, loading, empty, error, success — for every interactive element |
| **Behavior** | What happens on click/tap, keyboard interaction, drag, swipe. Transition details |
| **Responsive** | How the layout adapts at each breakpoint. What reflows, stacks, hides, or changes |
| **Tokens** | Color tokens, typography tokens, spacing tokens — never raw hex/px values |
| **Accessibility** | Focus order, ARIA roles, screen reader announcements, touch targets, color contrast |
| **Edge cases** | Long strings, empty data, error recovery, offline behavior, permissions |
| **Assets** | Icons (SVG), images (with alt text), animations (specs or files) |

### Handoff Anti-Patterns

| Anti-Pattern | Problem | Fix |
|-------------|---------|-----|
| "It's in Figma" | No context, engineer must reverse-engineer intent | Write behavior notes on every frame |
| Happy path only | Only the ideal flow is designed | Design all states before handoff |
| Pixel specs | "24px left margin" | Use tokens: `spacing-md` |
| Verbal handoff | "I'll explain it in standup" | If it's not written down, it doesn't exist |
| Big-bang handoff | Entire feature dropped on engineering at once | Hand off in slices that match sprint stories |
| No error states | "We'll figure out errors later" | Error states are designed first, not last |

---

## Team Rituals and Cadences

### Core Design Rituals

| Ritual | Frequency | Duration | Purpose | Who Attends |
|--------|-----------|----------|---------|-------------|
| **Design critique** | Weekly | 45-60 min | Improve work-in-progress through structured feedback | All designers |
| **Design-eng sync** | Weekly | 30 min | Align on upcoming work, resolve handoff questions | Design lead + eng lead |
| **Design review** | Per milestone | 30-60 min | Stakeholder sign-off on direction | PM, design, eng leads, stakeholders |
| **Handoff session** | Per story/feature | 30-45 min | Walk engineering through specs, answer questions | Designer + implementing engineers |
| **Design QA** | Per release | 60-90 min | Verify implementation matches spec | Designer + engineer |
| **Retro** | Bi-weekly or per sprint | 45 min | Improve the process | Whole product team |
| **Design sprint** | As needed | 5 days | Solve big problems, validate risky ideas | Cross-functional team (5-7) |

### Running Effective Design Critiques

**Format:** Presenter shares context (2 min) → Group reviews silently (3 min) → Structured feedback (15-20 min per piece) → Next steps (2 min)

**Critique rules:**
1. Presenter states what feedback they want — "I need help with the empty state" not "What do you think?"
2. Feedback references principles, not preferences — "This violates Fitts's Law" not "I don't like the button placement"
3. Describe problems, don't prescribe solutions — "Users might miss this action" not "Make the button bigger"
4. No defending — presenter listens, asks clarifying questions only
5. Written notes — someone captures all feedback items with action owners

### Handoff Session Structure

1. **Context** (5 min) — What problem does this solve? What user story?
2. **Walkthrough** (10-15 min) — Designer walks through the flow, screen by screen
3. **States and edge cases** (10 min) — Hover, error, empty, loading, responsive
4. **Tokens and components** (5 min) — Which design system components to use, which tokens
5. **Questions** (10 min) — Engineers ask anything unclear
6. **Action items** — What needs clarification before build starts

---

## Documentation Standards

### File Organization

```
project-name/
├── exploration/          # Early concepts, discarded directions
│   └── v1-concepts/
├── current/              # Active, approved designs
│   ├── flows/            # User flows and journey maps
│   ├── screens/          # Screen-level designs
│   └── components/       # Component-level specs
├── assets/               # Production-ready exports
│   ├── icons/
│   └── images/
├── handoff/              # Handoff documentation
│   └── [feature-name]/
└── archive/              # Past versions (never delete, move here)
```

### Naming Conventions

| Element | Convention | Example |
|---------|-----------|---------|
| Files | `[project]-[feature]-[variant]` | `taskpilot-onboarding-v2` |
| Pages/frames | `[flow]-[step]-[state]` | `checkout-payment-error` |
| Components | Match code component names exactly | `ButtonPrimary`, not `Main CTA` |
| Versions | Semantic: `v1.0`, `v1.1`, `v2.0` | Major = new direction, minor = iteration |
| Layers | Descriptive, no "Group 1" or "Frame 47" | `header/nav/menu-trigger` |

### Version Control Rules

1. **Never overwrite** — create a new version, archive the old one
2. **Name the change** — "v2.1 — added error states" not just "v2.1"
3. **Link to decisions** — every major version links to the decision that drove it (Slack thread, meeting note, sprint review)
4. **Single source of truth** — one canonical file per feature. No "copy of" files
5. **Archive, don't delete** — move outdated designs to archive with a date stamp

---

## Design QA

Design QA is the process of verifying that what was built matches what was designed. Do it before every release.

### Design QA Checklist

| Category | Check | Tool |
|----------|-------|------|
| **Visual accuracy** | Colors match tokens. Spacing matches spec. Typography is correct | Side-by-side comparison, browser dev tools |
| **States** | All states render correctly: default, hover, focus, active, disabled, error, loading, empty | Manual testing, Storybook |
| **Responsive** | Layout works at all breakpoints. Nothing overflows, truncates wrong, or disappears | Resize browser, test on real devices |
| **Content** | Real content fits. Long strings handled. Empty states designed. Truncation works | Test with edge-case content |
| **Interaction** | Animations match spec. Transitions are smooth. Timing feels right | Manual testing, slow-motion recording |
| **Accessibility** | Focus order correct. Screen reader announces correctly. Contrast passes. Touch targets 44px+ | axe, keyboard testing, VoiceOver/NVDA |
| **Cross-browser** | Renders correctly in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge | BrowserStack or manual |
| **Performance** | Images optimized. No layout shift. Animations don't drop frames | Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals |

### Filing Design QA Issues

Every issue needs:

```
**What:** [Element name] on [screen/page]
**Expected:** [What the design spec shows — link to frame]
**Actual:** [What the build shows — screenshot]
**Severity:** [Critical / Major / Minor / Cosmetic]
**Environment:** [Browser, viewport, OS]
```

**Severity scale:**
- **Critical** — Functionality broken. User can't complete the task
- **Major** — Wrong behavior. User can complete the task but with confusion or errors
- **Minor** — Visual discrepancy. User isn't affected functionally but quality feels off
- **Cosmetic** — Nitpick. Pixel-level differences that only designers notice

### Acceptance Criteria for Design

Add these to every user story:

```
Design acceptance criteria:
- [ ] All states match design spec (link to Figma frame)
- [ ] Responsive behavior verified at 320px, 768px, 1024px, 1440px
- [ ] Keyboard navigation works (Tab, Enter, Escape, Arrow keys)
- [ ] Screen reader announces all interactive elements correctly
- [ ] Design tokens used (no hardcoded colors, spacing, or typography)
- [ ] Loading and error states implemented
- [ ] Edge-case content tested (empty, long strings, special characters)
```

---

## Process Metrics

Track these to measure design ops health:

| Metric | What It Measures | Target | How to Measure |
|--------|-----------------|--------|----------------|
| **Handoff completeness** | % of handoffs with all states, tokens, responsive specs | >90% | Audit handoff docs quarterly |
| **Design QA pass rate** | % of stories passing design QA on first review | >80% | Track QA issues per story |
| **Rework rate** | % of design work that gets

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Design Ops & Handoff

Operational processes that make design teams effective — sprints, handoff, rituals, documentation, and quality assurance.

Design Sprints

A 5-day process for solving big problems and testing ideas before committing engineering resources. Based on Jake Knapp's Sprint methodology developed at Google Ventures.

When to Sprint

Signal	Sprint Is Right	Sprint Is Wrong
Problem clarity	Big problem, unclear solution	Solution already known — just build it
Stakes	High — wrong direction costs months	Low — easy to course-correct later
Team alignment	Disagreement on approach	Team already aligned
Time pressure	Need answers this week	Can run a longer discovery process
Complexity	Cross-functional problem	Single-discipline task

The 5-Day Structure

Day	Focus	Key Activity	Output
Monday	Map	Define the challenge, set a 2-year goal, map the problem space, pick a target	Sprint questions, problem map, target area
Tuesday	Sketch	Review existing solutions, each person sketches solutions individually	Solution sketches (one per person)
Wednesday	Decide	Present sketches, vote (dot voting + decider picks), create storyboard	Storyboard for prototype
Thursday	Prototype	Build a realistic facade — just enough to test	Testable prototype
Friday	Test	5 user interviews, observe together, identify patterns	Go/no-go decision with evidence

Sprint Team

Role	Count	Responsibility
Decider	1	Has authority to make final calls. Usually PM or founder
Facilitator	1	Runs the process, keeps time, manages energy
Designer	1-2	Leads sketching, builds prototype
Engineer	1-2	Feasibility gut-checks, helps prototype
Domain expert	1-2	Customer support, sales, marketing — whoever knows the user
Total	5-7	More than 7 is counterproductive

Sprint Rules

No devices during working sessions — full attention
Work alone together — individual sketching, not group brainstorming
The Decider decides — democracy is slow; one person breaks ties
Prototype, don't build — facade quality, not production quality
5 users is enough — you'll see 85% of usability issues with 5 participants

Design-to-Development Handoff

Handoff is the #1 source of quality loss in product teams. The goal: engineers should never have to guess.

Handoff Maturity Levels

Level	Description	Symptom
1. Screenshot	Designer sends a static image	Engineers guess spacing, states, behavior
2. Annotated mockup	Redlines, spacing callouts	Better, but still missing states and edge cases
3. Interactive spec	Figma/design tool with inspect mode, component links	Engineers can extract values, but behavior is undocumented
4. Full spec	All states, transitions, error handling, responsive behavior, tokens	Engineers build exactly what was designed
5. Integrated	Design and code share a component system; handoff is a conversation, not a document	Minimal spec needed — shared language does the work

Target: Level 4 minimum. Level 5 for mature teams.

What a Complete Handoff Includes

Every screen or component handoff must cover:

Category	Required Items
Layout	Spacing (in tokens, not pixels), alignment, responsive breakpoints, container behavior
Content	Final copy (not lorem ipsum), character limits, truncation rules, localization notes
States	Default, hover, focus, active, disabled, loading, empty, error, success — for every interactive element
Behavior	What happens on click/tap, keyboard interaction, drag, swipe. Transition details
Responsive	How the layout adapts at each breakpoint. What reflows, stacks, hides, or changes
Tokens	Color tokens, typography tokens, spacing tokens — never raw hex/px values
Accessibility	Focus order, ARIA roles, screen reader announcements, touch targets, color contrast
Edge cases	Long strings, empty data, error recovery, offline behavior, permissions
Assets	Icons (SVG), images (with alt text), animations (specs or files)

Handoff Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern	Problem	Fix
"It's in Figma"	No context, engineer must reverse-engineer intent	Write behavior notes on every frame
Happy path only	Only the ideal flow is designed	Design all states before handoff
Pixel specs	"24px left margin"	Use tokens: `spacing-md`
Verbal handoff	"I'll explain it in standup"	If it's not written down, it doesn't exist
Big-bang handoff	Entire feature dropped on engineering at once	Hand off in slices that match sprint stories
No error states	"We'll figure out errors later"	Error states are designed first, not last

Team Rituals and Cadences

Core Design Rituals

Ritual	Frequency	Duration	Purpose	Who Attends
Design critique	Weekly	45-60 min	Improve work-in-progress through structured feedback	All designers
Design-eng sync	Weekly	30 min	Align on upcoming work, resolve handoff questions	Design lead + eng lead
Design review	Per milestone	30-60 min	Stakeholder sign-off on direction	PM, design, eng leads, stakeholders
Handoff session	Per story/feature	30-45 min	Walk engineering through specs, answer questions	Designer + implementing engineers
Design QA	Per release	60-90 min	Verify implementation matches spec	Designer + engineer
Retro	Bi-weekly or per sprint	45 min	Improve the process	Whole product team
Design sprint	As needed	5 days	Solve big problems, validate risky ideas	Cross-functional team (5-7)

Running Effective Design Critiques

Format: Presenter shares context (2 min) → Group reviews silently (3 min) → Structured feedback (15-20 min per piece) → Next steps (2 min)

Critique rules:

Presenter states what feedback they want — "I need help with the empty state" not "What do you think?"
Feedback references principles, not preferences — "This violates Fitts's Law" not "I don't like the button placement"
Describe problems, don't prescribe solutions — "Users might miss this action" not "Make the button bigger"
No defending — presenter listens, asks clarifying questions only
Written notes — someone captures all feedback items with action owners

Handoff Session Structure

Context (5 min) — What problem does this solve? What user story?
Walkthrough (10-15 min) — Designer walks through the flow, screen by screen
States and edge cases (10 min) — Hover, error, empty, loading, responsive
Tokens and components (5 min) — Which design system components to use, which tokens
Questions (10 min) — Engineers ask anything unclear
Action items — What needs clarification before build starts

Documentation Standards

File Organization

project-name/
├── exploration/          # Early concepts, discarded directions
│   └── v1-concepts/
├── current/              # Active, approved designs
│   ├── flows/            # User flows and journey maps
│   ├── screens/          # Screen-level designs
│   └── components/       # Component-level specs
├── assets/               # Production-ready exports
│   ├── icons/
│   └── images/
├── handoff/              # Handoff documentation
│   └── [feature-name]/
└── archive/              # Past versions (never delete, move here)

Naming Conventions

Element	Convention	Example
Files	`[project]-[feature]-[variant]`	`taskpilot-onboarding-v2`
Pages/frames	`[flow]-[step]-[state]`	`checkout-payment-error`
Components	Match code component names exactly	`ButtonPrimary`, not `Main CTA`
Versions	Semantic: `v1.0`, `v1.1`, `v2.0`	Major = new direction, minor = iteration
Layers	Descriptive, no "Group 1" or "Frame 47"	`header/nav/menu-trigger`

Version Control Rules

Never overwrite — create a new version, archive the old one
Name the change — "v2.1 — added error states" not just "v2.1"
Link to decisions — every major version links to the decision that drove it (Slack thread, meeting note, sprint review)
Single source of truth — one canonical file per feature. No "copy of" files
Archive, don't delete — move outdated designs to archive with a date stamp

Design QA

Design QA is the process of verifying that what was built matches what was designed. Do it before every release.

Design QA Checklist

Category	Check	Tool
Visual accuracy	Colors match tokens. Spacing matches spec. Typography is correct	Side-by-side comparison, browser dev tools
States	All states render correctly: default, hover, focus, active, disabled, error, loading, empty	Manual testing, Storybook
Responsive	Layout works at all breakpoints. Nothing overflows, truncates wrong, or disappears	Resize browser, test on real devices
Content	Real content fits. Long strings handled. Empty states designed. Truncation works	Test with edge-case content
Interaction	Animations match spec. Transitions are smooth. Timing feels right	Manual testing, slow-motion recording
Accessibility	Focus order correct. Screen reader announces correctly. Contrast passes. Touch targets 44px+	axe, keyboard testing, VoiceOver/NVDA
Cross-browser	Renders correctly in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge	BrowserStack or manual
Performance	Images optimized. No layout shift. Animations don't drop frames	Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals

Filing Design QA Issues

Every issue needs:

**What:** [Element name] on [screen/page]
**Expected:** [What the design spec shows — link to frame]
**Actual:** [What the build shows — screenshot]
**Severity:** [Critical / Major / Minor / Cosmetic]
**Environment:** [Browser, viewport, OS]

Severity scale:

Critical — Functionality broken. User can't complete the task
Major — Wrong behavior. User can complete the task but with confusion or errors
Minor — Visual discrepancy. User isn't affected functionally but quality feels off
Cosmetic — Nitpick. Pixel-level differences that only designers notice

Acceptance Criteria for Design

Add these to every user story:

Design acceptance criteria:
- [ ] All states match design spec (link to Figma frame)
- [ ] Responsive behavior verified at 320px, 768px, 1024px, 1440px
- [ ] Keyboard navigation works (Tab, Enter, Escape, Arrow keys)
- [ ] Screen reader announces all interactive elements correctly
- [ ] Design tokens used (no hardcoded colors, spacing, or typography)
- [ ] Loading and error states implemented
- [ ] Edge-case content tested (empty, long strings, special characters)

Process Metrics

Track these to measure design ops health:

Metric	What It Measures	Target	How to Measure
Handoff completeness	% of handoffs with all states, tokens, responsive specs	>90%	Audit handoff docs quarterly
Design QA pass rate	% of stories passing design QA on first review	>80%	Track QA issues per story
Rework rate	% of design work that gets

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---
name: design-ops
description: Run design sprints, manage handoff, establish team rituals, documentation standards, and design QA processes. Covers the operational side of design — how teams organize work, collaborate with engineering, and ship quality.
---

# Design Ops & Handoff

Operational processes that make design teams effective — sprints, handoff, rituals, documentation, and quality assurance.

---

## Design Sprints

A 5-day process for solving big problems and testing ideas before committing engineering resources. Based on Jake Knapp's Sprint methodology developed at Google Ventures.

### When to Sprint

| Signal | Sprint Is Right | Sprint Is Wrong |
|--------|----------------|-----------------|
| Problem clarity | Big problem, unclear solution | Solution already known — just build it |
| Stakes | High — wrong direction costs months | Low — easy to course-correct later |
| Team alignment | Disagreement on approach | Team already aligned |
| Time pressure | Need answers this week | Can run a longer discovery process |
| Complexity | Cross-functional problem | Single-discipline task |

### The 5-Day Structure

| Day | Focus | Key Activity | Output |
|-----|-------|-------------|--------|
| **Monday** | Map | Define the challenge, set a 2-year goal, map the problem space, pick a target | Sprint questions, problem map, target area |
| **Tuesday** | Sketch | Review existing solutions, each person sketches solutions individually | Solution sketches (one per person) |
| **Wednesday** | Decide | Present sketches, vote (dot voting + decider picks), create storyboard | Storyboard for prototype |
| **Thursday** | Prototype | Build a realistic facade — just enough to test | Testable prototype |
| **Friday** | Test | 5 user interviews, observe together, identify patterns | Go/no-go decision with evidence |

### Sprint Team

| Role | Count | Responsibility |
|------|-------|---------------|
| **Decider** | 1 | Has authority to make final calls. Usually PM or founder |
| **Facilitator** | 1 | Runs the process, keeps time, manages energy |
| **Designer** | 1-2 | Leads sketching, builds prototype |
| **Engineer** | 1-2 | Feasibility gut-checks, helps prototype |
| **Domain expert** | 1-2 | Customer support, sales, marketing — whoever knows the user |
| **Total** | 5-7 | More than 7 is counterproductive |

### Sprint Rules

1. **No devices** during working sessions — full attention
2. **Work alone together** — individual sketching, not group brainstorming
3. **The Decider decides** — democracy is slow; one person breaks ties
4. **Prototype, don't build** — facade quality, not production quality
5. **5 users is enough** — you'll see 85% of usability issues with 5 participants

---

## Design-to-Development Handoff

Handoff is the #1 source of quality loss in product teams. The goal: engineers should never have to guess.

### Handoff Maturity Levels

| Level | Description | Symptom |
|-------|------------|---------|
| **1. Screenshot** | Designer sends a static image | Engineers guess spacing, states, behavior |
| **2. Annotated mockup** | Redlines, spacing callouts | Better, but still missing states and edge cases |
| **3. Interactive spec** | Figma/design tool with inspect mode, component links | Engineers can extract values, but behavior is undocumented |
| **4. Full spec** | All states, transitions, error handling, responsive behavior, tokens | Engineers build exactly what was designed |
| **5. Integrated** | Design and code share a component system; handoff is a conversation, not a document | Minimal spec needed — shared language does the work |

**Target: Level 4 minimum. Level 5 for mature teams.**

### What a Complete Handoff Includes

Every screen or component handoff must cover:

| Category | Required Items |
|----------|---------------|
| **Layout** | Spacing (in tokens, not pixels), alignment, responsive breakpoints, container behavior |
| **Content** | Final copy (not lorem ipsum), character limits, truncation rules, localization notes |
| **States** | Default, hover, focus, active, disabled, loading, empty, error, success — for every interactive element |
| **Behavior** | What happens on click/tap, keyboard interaction, drag, swipe. Transition details |
| **Responsive** | How the layout adapts at each breakpoint. What reflows, stacks, hides, or changes |
| **Tokens** | Color tokens, typography tokens, spacing tokens — never raw hex/px values |
| **Accessibility** | Focus order, ARIA roles, screen reader announcements, touch targets, color contrast |
| **Edge cases** | Long strings, empty data, error recovery, offline behavior, permissions |
| **Assets** | Icons (SVG), images (with alt text), animations (specs or files) |

### Handoff Anti-Patterns

| Anti-Pattern | Problem | Fix |
|-------------|---------|-----|
| "It's in Figma" | No context, engineer must reverse-engineer intent | Write behavior notes on every frame |
| Happy path only | Only the ideal flow is designed | Design all states before handoff |
| Pixel specs | "24px left margin" | Use tokens: `spacing-md` |
| Verbal handoff | "I'll explain it in standup" | If it's not written down, it doesn't exist |
| Big-bang handoff | Entire feature dropped on engineering at once | Hand off in slices that match sprint stories |
| No error states | "We'll figure out errors later" | Error states are designed first, not last |

---

## Team Rituals and Cadences

### Core Design Rituals

| Ritual | Frequency | Duration | Purpose | Who Attends |
|--------|-----------|----------|---------|-------------|
| **Design critique** | Weekly | 45-60 min | Improve work-in-progress through structured feedback | All designers |
| **Design-eng sync** | Weekly | 30 min | Align on upcoming work, resolve handoff questions | Design lead + eng lead |
| **Design review** | Per milestone | 30-60 min | Stakeholder sign-off on direction | PM, design, eng leads, stakeholders |
| **Handoff session** | Per story/feature | 30-45 min | Walk engineering through specs, answer questions | Designer + implementing engineers |
| **Design QA** | Per release | 60-90 min | Verify implementation matches spec | Designer + engineer |
| **Retro** | Bi-weekly or per sprint | 45 min | Improve the process | Whole product team |
| **Design sprint** | As needed | 5 days | Solve big problems, validate risky ideas | Cross-functional team (5-7) |

### Running Effective Design Critiques

**Format:** Presenter shares context (2 min) → Group reviews silently (3 min) → Structured feedback (15-20 min per piece) → Next steps (2 min)

**Critique rules:**
1. Presenter states what feedback they want — "I need help with the empty state" not "What do you think?"
2. Feedback references principles, not preferences — "This violates Fitts's Law" not "I don't like the button placement"
3. Describe problems, don't prescribe solutions — "Users might miss this action" not "Make the button bigger"
4. No defending — presenter listens, asks clarifying questions only
5. Written notes — someone captures all feedback items with action owners

### Handoff Session Structure

1. **Context** (5 min) — What problem does this solve? What user story?
2. **Walkthrough** (10-15 min) — Designer walks through the flow, screen by screen
3. **States and edge cases** (10 min) — Hover, error, empty, loading, responsive
4. **Tokens and components** (5 min) — Which design system components to use, which tokens
5. **Questions** (10 min) — Engineers ask anything unclear
6. **Action items** — What needs clarification before build starts

---

## Documentation Standards

### File Organization

```
project-name/
├── exploration/          # Early concepts, discarded directions
│   └── v1-concepts/
├── current/              # Active, approved designs
│   ├── flows/            # User flows and journey maps
│   ├── screens/          # Screen-level designs
│   └── components/       # Component-level specs
├── assets/               # Production-ready exports
│   ├── icons/
│   └── images/
├── handoff/              # Handoff documentation
│   └── [feature-name]/
└── archive/              # Past versions (never delete, move here)
```

### Naming Conventions

| Element | Convention | Example |
|---------|-----------|---------|
| Files | `[project]-[feature]-[variant]` | `taskpilot-onboarding-v2` |
| Pages/frames | `[flow]-[step]-[state]` | `checkout-payment-error` |
| Components | Match code component names exactly | `ButtonPrimary`, not `Main CTA` |
| Versions | Semantic: `v1.0`, `v1.1`, `v2.0` | Major = new direction, minor = iteration |
| Layers | Descriptive, no "Group 1" or "Frame 47" | `header/nav/menu-trigger` |

### Version Control Rules

1. **Never overwrite** — create a new version, archive the old one
2. **Name the change** — "v2.1 — added error states" not just "v2.1"
3. **Link to decisions** — every major version links to the decision that drove it (Slack thread, meeting note, sprint review)
4. **Single source of truth** — one canonical file per feature. No "copy of" files
5. **Archive, don't delete** — move outdated designs to archive with a date stamp

---

## Design QA

Design QA is the process of verifying that what was built matches what was designed. Do it before every release.

### Design QA Checklist

| Category | Check | Tool |
|----------|-------|------|
| **Visual accuracy** | Colors match tokens. Spacing matches spec. Typography is correct | Side-by-side comparison, browser dev tools |
| **States** | All states render correctly: default, hover, focus, active, disabled, error, loading, empty | Manual testing, Storybook |
| **Responsive** | Layout works at all breakpoints. Nothing overflows, truncates wrong, or disappears | Resize browser, test on real devices |
| **Content** | Real content fits. Long strings handled. Empty states designed. Truncation works | Test with edge-case content |
| **Interaction** | Animations match spec. Transitions are smooth. Timing feels right | Manual testing, slow-motion recording |
| **Accessibility** | Focus order correct. Screen reader announces correctly. Contrast passes. Touch targets 44px+ | axe, keyboard testing, VoiceOver/NVDA |
| **Cross-browser** | Renders correctly in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge | BrowserStack or manual |
| **Performance** | Images optimized. No layout shift. Animations don't drop frames | Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals |

### Filing Design QA Issues

Every issue needs:

```
**What:** [Element name] on [screen/page]
**Expected:** [What the design spec shows — link to frame]
**Actual:** [What the build shows — screenshot]
**Severity:** [Critical / Major / Minor / Cosmetic]
**Environment:** [Browser, viewport, OS]
```

**Severity scale:**
- **Critical** — Functionality broken. User can't complete the task
- **Major** — Wrong behavior. User can complete the task but with confusion or errors
- **Minor** — Visual discrepancy. User isn't affected functionally but quality feels off
- **Cosmetic** — Nitpick. Pixel-level differences that only designers notice

### Acceptance Criteria for Design

Add these to every user story:

```
Design acceptance criteria:
- [ ] All states match design spec (link to Figma frame)
- [ ] Responsive behavior verified at 320px, 768px, 1024px, 1440px
- [ ] Keyboard navigation works (Tab, Enter, Escape, Arrow keys)
- [ ] Screen reader announces all interactive elements correctly
- [ ] Design tokens used (no hardcoded colors, spacing, or typography)
- [ ] Loading and error states implemented
- [ ] Edge-case content tested (empty, long strings, special characters)
```

---

## Process Metrics

Track these to measure design ops health:

| Metric | What It Measures | Target | How to Measure |
|--------|-----------------|--------|----------------|
| **Handoff completeness** | % of handoffs with all states, tokens, responsive specs | >90% | Audit handoff docs quarterly |
| **Design QA pass rate** | % of stories passing design QA on first review | >80% | Track QA issues per story |
| **Rework rate** | % of design work that gets

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Creator: cuellarfr
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Overview

Design Ops & Handoff

Design Sprints

When to Sprint

The 5-Day Structure

Sprint Team

Sprint Rules

Design-to-Development Handoff

Handoff Maturity Levels

What a Complete Handoff Includes

Handoff Anti-Patterns

Team Rituals and Cadences

Core Design Rituals

Running Effective Design Critiques

Handoff Session Structure

Documentation Standards

File Organization

Naming Conventions

Version Control Rules

Design QA

Design QA Checklist

Filing Design QA Issues

Acceptance Criteria for Design

Process Metrics

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Price & running costs

Start with one small task

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Overview

Design Ops & Handoff

Design Sprints

When to Sprint

The 5-Day Structure

Sprint Team

Sprint Rules

Design-to-Development Handoff

Handoff Maturity Levels

What a Complete Handoff Includes

Handoff Anti-Patterns

Team Rituals and Cadences

Core Design Rituals

Running Effective Design Critiques

Handoff Session Structure

Documentation Standards

File Organization

Naming Conventions

Version Control Rules

Design QA

Design QA Checklist

Filing Design QA Issues

Acceptance Criteria for Design

Process Metrics

Use with my agent

Price & running costs

Start with one small task

Source & usage notes

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