{"id":36030,"date":"2022-07-27T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/?p=36030"},"modified":"2022-08-01T02:44:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:44:04","slug":"switch-toolstack-to-design-at-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/switch-toolstack-to-design-at-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching Design Toolstack to Design at Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scaling UX is a challenge many design leaders encounter. With limited resources, it’s often impossible to hire more designers. But even if you do have the resources, is hiring to scale a viable and sustainable strategy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article looks at how organizations can scale design simply by switching their tool stack. We also provide an example of how this strategy was successfully implemented at the enterprise level\u2013meaning it can work for anyone, especially cash-strapped startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scale design with the world’s most advanced component-driven prototyping tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scaling Design \u2013 More People or Better Tools?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When scaling design, we often think of hiring more people. Organizations consider increasing their designer-to-developer ratio<\/a>, thinking that adding more designers and researchers is the best way to scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two problems with this approach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It’s expensive and increases monthly overheads<\/li>
  2. It doesn’t scale inefficient processes and workflows<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How PayPal Scaled Design by Switching Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    In 2019, Erica Rider, Senior Manager for UX \u2013 Developer tools and platform experience at PayPal, was stuck with the challenge of scaling design without hiring new people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At the time, Erica had five designers (including herself), +-100 products, and over a thousand engineers working on PayPal’s internal product development projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They had many usability and consistency issues. As Erica says in her interview with UXPin, “no two products looked the same!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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