At the YOW! Connected conference, Craig sits down with Chris van Raay and Tom Brodhurst-Hill and talks about bridging the gaps between developers and designers:

• Chris van Raay talk “Bridging the Designer – Developer Divide“
• Tom Brodhurst-Hill talk “Design Driven Mobile Development“
• Typically most organisations have separated development and design teams which results in a very linear process
• Need simple design documentation as a “single source of truth” because you shouldn’t need to specify styles more than once and it helps reduce effort and obtain a consistent design
• Use tools such as PaintCode to create a colour palette which serves as documentation as well as a static analysis test
• Need leadership to ensure there is an agreed approach, set the standards and create discipline
• When building features need to decide when to leave work that is consistent across features, in relation to design, this should be…