Report for January 2022

Report Date
January 2022

Achievements in Last Period

  • Planning for first batch of product sprints completed.
  • Development of self-assessment form for those who wish to contribute to the Design System has been started but needs further testing.
  • Sharing of status update with the Prospective Student Web Content team in Communications & Marketing. Further discussions on how best to align/share work more efficiently for both teams.
  • Tidy up of less priority tasks and issues during pre-holiday off-sprint period.
  • Creating a process and approach to organising and building components in the Figma UI library.
  • Set up test site on Pantheon for the build of the Storefront.
  • Implemented the Bootstrap icon set into EDGEL 5.
  • Presented at the College Web community and gained insight around their needs as a community.
  • Tidy up of less priority tasks and issues during pre-holiday off-sprint period.
  • Developed a design/development hand off process.

Issues

  • Waiting for senior management sign off to publish the Inclusive Language Guide.
  • Development resource and UX resource slim due to competing priorities with WPP and staff leave.

Next StepsĀ 

  • Development of new Design System front end storefront
  • Theming the Design System Storefront.
  • A clear content strategy which outlines how content will be developed through stages starting with identifying the content that the Design System will launch with.
  • Test the contribution process with the Web Publishing Platform product by introducing a new component (the navigation)
  • Working alongside the WPP to better understand the navigation as a whole, global, horizontal and vertical.
  • Publish the Inclusive Language Guide
  • Release Design System v0.1 with a core set of components and variants.
  • Continued work to build out the UI Design Library in Figma. This will launch with some desktop and mobile components. This will be continuously added to.
  • Look at the multibadging and inclusion of subsite logos.
Project Status
RAG Status
Overall
GREEN
Change Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
Activity
Approved budget
0.0 days
Activity this month
0.0 days
Activity this year
0.0 days
Activity to date
0.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
0.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
Design System
Code
WPS007
Programme
ISG - Web and Portal Services Programme (WPS)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Stratos Filalithis
Project Sponsor
Stratos Filalithis
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Start Date
10-Nov-2020
Planning Date
12-Feb-2021
Delivery Date
30-Jun-2022
Close Date
31-Jul-2023
Overall Priority
Normal

Documentation