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+#Research: Finding the problems the design system needs to solve
+
+##Development
+
+###Tech Stack
+
+- How do we ask about the tech stack without biasing the answers?
+	- Be careful of "preferred solution" over reality & limitations of the org.
+	- Very important to understand what the team is most comfortable working with. Eg: The team _wants_ to use react, but actually get work done most efficiently with jquery. 
+- What is the current testing approach?
+- Ask about the stack. (Javascript/frameworks/processors/build steps)
+- How is the project staged and released
+- What is the deployment pipeline
+- How are production bugs dealt with
+
+
+###How the development collaborates
+
+- How do developers share code
+- Where? (npm? github?)
+- Is there a code review / pr process?
+- How is shared code versioned (semver?)
+
+
+###Handover from Design
+
+- What artifact is handed over from design
+- How many gaps are in the design for the developer to fill
+- Is handed over content considered final, or a working draft
+- How does a developer have input in the design
+
+
+###Limitations
+
+- Are there any access limitations? (security, npm/github auth, permission to install tools)
+- Are there any political limitations? (eg. office politics, or using competitors tools)
+
+
+###Skill level
+
+- How mature is the capability of the team?
+- How distributed is the knowledge of the stack?
+
+###Pain points
+
+- What is difficult in the current process?
+- What is hard about [tech stack, collaboration, handover, limitations, skill level?
+
+---
+
+##Design
+
+###Tooling
+
+- How do we ask about the design tooling without getting into holy wars? (adobe/sketch/figma) etc.
+
+###How the team collaborates
+
+- How do designers collaborate on files? (eg. Sketch/Abstract, Figma, Dropbox)
+- Is a review/approval process to put design into production? Where does sign-off come from?
+- Are design resources versioned in any way?
+- Does the team make use of shared libraries external to working files?
+
+###Pain points
+
+- What is difficult in the current process?
+- What is hard about scaling out individual designs to multiple products?
+
+###Handover to Dev
+
+- What fidelity is design usually handed over as? (eg. Full pixel perfect renders, wireframes etc)
+- Is there a process for iterating on that design? Do iterations happen in design tooling after handover or straight to code?
+
+###Limitations
+
+- Are there stylistic limitations? (colours to avoid, use of iconography)
+- Is there an existing style guide or pattern library? 
+
+###Skill level
+
+- How mature is the capability of the team?
+- Do the designers on the team lean towards system-oriented design or layout/presentation oriented design
+
+