Design
Resources on Design
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18F Accessibility Guide—A resource for developing accessible products. -
18F Guide to Product Management—Best practices on doing product management well
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18F Methods—A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
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Accessibility for Teams—A guide to making products more accessible for everyone.
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Addressing Barriers to User-Centered Design—An overview of the most common barriers and how federal agencies might address them.
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An Introduction to USWDS 2.0—A design system for the federal government. -
The basics of human-centered design in government—How the Lab at OPM drives innovation through design education -
USWDS Maturity Model—How to adopt the design system incrementally and design and build better digital experiences.
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News and Events on Design
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USWDS Monthly Call: Using the USWDS Maturity Model
Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, as we discuss the USWDS maturity model and answer your questions.
USWDS
A Look at the New GSA.gov
How the GSA incorporated the U.S. Web Design System into their flagship site.
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U.S. Web Design System: December Monthly Call
Join U.S. Web Design System Product Lead, Dan Williams, as we discuss the USWDS and answer your questions.
User Experience
UX Documentation: Convince Them the Problem Is Real
If you want to make worthwhile investments in the way you interact with customers, think user experience.
USWDS
U.S. Web Design System: October Monthly Call
Join Dan Williams, U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) product lead, in our monthly call as he walks through the design system and answers your questions.
Are you and your team working with the U.S. Web Design System on your site, or have plans to start using it? The USWDS team has a public Slack channel where you can meet other government engineers, content specialists, and designers who are working with the USWDS to build accessible, mobile-friendly websites. — via U.S. Web Design System
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U.S. Web Design System: September Monthly Call
This month, we’ll take a look at the development process for a USWDS component and demonstrate how we start with a problem and work to a solution that could be shared across other websites.
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U.S. Web Design System: Aug Monthly Call
Join Dan Williams, U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) product lead, as he walks through the design system and answers your questions. This month we’ll take a look at bootstrapping USWDS, including how to add USWDS to a project and start designing in minutes.
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U.S. Web Design System: How to Migrate Your Site to USWDS 2
In our July meeting, the USWDS team and special guests walk through migrating sites to USWDS 2 and take any questions you might have.
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Get Your Idea Funded Through 10x
Introducing a new investment fund for technology products in the federal government.
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U.S. Web Design System: June Monthly Call
Join the U.S. Web Design System team as we walk through the system’s design tokens and take any questions you might have!
