Design Review Checklist for High-Fidelity Handoff Between Design and Development
Creates a comprehensive design review checklist to ensure specs delivered to development are complete, consistent, and unambiguous—reducing post-implementation review cycles.
Standardize the design-to-development handoff process with a structured checklist covering spec completeness, design system consistency, edge cases, accessibility, and responsiveness—eliminating rework caused by incomplete specifications.
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Standardize the design-to-development handoff process with a structured checklist covering spec completeness, design system consistency, edge cases, accessibility, and responsiveness—eliminating rework caused by incomplete specifications.
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A B2B SaaS logistics platform has a development cycle where each feature goes through an average of 4.2 post-implementation review rounds because designers deliver incomplete specs: no error states, no intermediate breakpoints, no loading behavior, no edge cases for empty lists.
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Create a complete design review checklist for handoff between design and development at [COMPANY NAME], which uses [Figma] for design and [STACK: React/Vue/Next.js] for development.\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Context:**\\\\\\\\n- Current process: designer creates in Figma → dev implements → QA → many revisions\\\\\\\\n- Main problem: [DESCRIBE THE MAIN GAP]\\\\\\\\n- Design system: [NAME / IN DEVELOPMENT / NO DESIGN SYSTEM]\\\\\\\\n- Handoff tool: [Figma Dev Mode / Zeplin / Storybook]\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n---\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n## COMPLETE DESIGN REVIEW CHECKLIST\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**How to use:** The designer completes this before marking a spec as ready for dev.\\\\\\\\nThe developer validates critical items before starting implementation.\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n---\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n### Section 1 — State Completeness\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\nFor each interactive component, verify all states are designed:\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Basic states:**\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Default / Rest\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Hover (desktop)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Active / Pressed\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Focus (visible ring + 3:1 contrast color)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Disabled (not just gray — use opacity or color variation)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Loading (skeleton, spinner, or indicator)\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Data states:**\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Empty list (zero state) — never leave blank; include message and CTA\\\\\\\\n- [ ] List with 1 item\\\\\\\\n- [ ] List with few items (2-5)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] List with many items (overflow, pagination, scroll)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Loading error state\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Form states:**\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Empty field\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Field with focus\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Field with content\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Field with error (message + color + icon)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Field with success / positive validation\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Disabled field\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Read-only field (different from disabled)\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Feedback states:**\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Submit loading (button disabled + spinner)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Success (message + post-success behavior: redirect? toast? modal?)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Server error (message + retry option)\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n---\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n### Section 2 — Responsiveness\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\nRequired breakpoints (adjust for your product):\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Mobile: 375px (iPhone SE) — most restrictive common viewport\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Wide mobile: 390px (iPhone 14)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Tablet: 768px\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Wide tablet: 1024px\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Desktop: 1280px\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Wide desktop: 1440px\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Ultra-wide: 1920px (if applicable)\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\nBehaviors to specify:\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Layout shift: what changes between breakpoints (not just scaling)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Components that collapse or transform (menu → hamburger, table → cards)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Element order on mobile (specify when visual order changes)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Typography at each breakpoint (don't assume dev will scale proportionally)\\\\\\\\n- [ ] Images: aspect ratio at each breakpoint, object-fit declared\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n---\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n### Section 3 — Technical Specifications\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\nNumerical values (never use \\\\\\\\
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