Effective design to developer handoff

In this slide, I talked about design handoff, it's advantages, misconceptions, process and how to integrate it into your process as a designer working with developers.

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1. Effective Design To Developer Handoff. Chris, Adolphus Product Designer Ibadan
2. I am not a proud person I swear. A few relevant things you should know about me.
3. I’m not your mate You should believe everything I’m telling you.
4. Lerus Go >>>>>>
5. Shipping completed screens to developers for implementation. What is design handoff?
6. Misconception about handoff process Only comes in play at the end of the design process
7. When does the handoff process start?
8. Things to ensure before design handoff 1. Align with developers on technical restraints 2. Ensure design is at least a sprint ahead of the development team. 3. Start setting up your design tools to ease your handoff
9. Keep your devils developers in the loop as much as possible
10. Getting into the design handoff proper
11. Documents needed for a proper design handoff 1. Assets used 2. Copywriting used in the designs 3. Link to spec sheet or PRD 4. Design File
12. Structuring your drive for assets handoff
13. Preparing copywriting for handoff.
14. Just throw the specsheet/PRD at the developers. What is a designer without a little chaos. Well, they already have these docs anyway. 😌
15. Preparing your Screens for handoff
16. Structuring your file for proper design handoff
20. Advantages of a proper design handoff 1. Reduced design implementation time 2. Improved communication and collaboration between designers and developers 3. No more “bad” implementation. 4. Less work for the QA team 5. Allows you work effectively with developers of different experience and expertise level.
21. Not perfect, but like Paul, I have seen the light also
22. “Overcommunication is the bedrock of a successful design handoff.” - Chris Adolphus (2021)
23. Thank you! @dev_khris