Building Buy-in at the University of Georgia: Interview with Nancy Byron
In this interview, learn first-hand how one department at UGA developed a design system that could impact the entire university after gaining buy-in from other departments.
Written by Katie Jennings
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Case Study: Lessons Learned from Design System Culture
Internal team culture can make or break a project—especially a design system. In this case study, learn about the challenges we faced working with a disconnected culture to jump-start a design system.
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The Odd One Out: 3 Things to Think About When You’re the Non-Techie in the Room
It can be tough being the tech amateur in a room full of tech-savvy developers, designers, and engineers. But you’re there for a reason. One Sparkboxer has spent her entire career being that person in that room and she’s got some advice on how to effectively communicate with your tech talking team.
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Choosing a Product Champion
Sparkbox was hired by a large company to develop a design system to support their many initiatives. Unfortunately, the chosen Product Champion was not positioned for success. We have recommendations on how you can avoid pitfalls like these.
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Client Journey: Onboarding, Iteration, and Offboarding
“What’s it like to work with Sparkbox?” is a question that we’re often asked. Learn about our three-step process of onboarding clients, defining shared goals, removing roadblocks, and setting up our clients for ongoing success when we part ways.
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Creative Problem-Solving
Every web development project and project team is different. Here are five creative problem-solving techniques we use to tackle web projects.
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Evaluate and Improve Your Development Processes
We’ve created a Development Capabilities Assessment that will help you perform your own evaluation of your organization’s development practices.
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Long-Term Design System Support (Hint: It’s Not a Sprint)
Design systems aren’t a one and done effort. Learn three keys to supporting your design system’s adoption, growth, and maintenance long-term.
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Case Study: Clark State: Building Efficiency and Reusability
We built a flexible design system with Clark State Community College to update their main site and give them the needed tools to build future sites.
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What Now: Facing Team Challenges During Quarantine
During this pandemic, how can teams continue to run successful digital projects? Katie shares four different challenges teams may be facing right now and strategies to overcome them.
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Want to talk about how we can work together?
Katie Jennings
Vice President of Business Development