A Figma file is not a handoff. It’s an invitation to a conversation. If your sprints are constant...A Figma file is not a handoff. It’s an invitation to a conversation. If your sprints are constant...
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Brian Makumi
• Aug 3
A Figma file is not a handoff. It’s an invitation to a conversation.
If your sprints are constantly being derailed by rework and "visual bugs," the problem isn't the code; it’s the handoff process.
In my latest blog post, I explore why the traditional design-to-engineering handoff is broken and how to fix it by treating collaboration as a continuous process rather than a single event.
Check it out: https://www.brianmakumi.com/blog/why-the-handoff-between-design-and-engineering-keeps-breaking-your-sprints
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Why the Handoff Between Design and Engineering Keeps Breaking Your Sprints

The handoff fails not because teams do not communicate but because it is treated as a moment rather than a process. Here is where it breaks and five practices that actually fix it.

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