A scalable system

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In six months, my team and I strategized, researched, and a designed a beautiful and scalable design system documentation website that supports past and future expansion in an evergreen way. Through A/B testing, contextual interviews, and rapid prototyping, we delivered a website that serves the open-source design system, Cedar, that inspires both companies and customers alike.

Identifying the need

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During my tenure at REI, the Cedar design system grew so rapidly that we encountered a need to create a more scalable documentation site to support it. We had added so many components, patterns, and parts to Cedar and onboarded so many users and contributors to it that it was supporting a greater percent of the REI ecosystem than ever before, and it no longer met the needs of its users or contributors. I helped to lead the strategy, research, and design of a new documentation site that supported current and future expansion.

Research and strategy

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I interviewed designers, developers, and product managers to gain user insights that we leveraged towards creating a strategy to improve the system.

Outcomes and results
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After launch, we found that users more confidently found resources with this new documentation website, speeding up their workflows which saved REI time and money.