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CMS Design System
Background
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants all teams working on digital projects to build consistent, responsive, and accessible experiences. According to Scott Weber, Managing Staff Designer for the CMS Design System,
“A design system is a collection of reusable components both in design and in code, guided by clear documentation and standards, that can be assembled together to build web experiences and can be easily updated within products.”
Scott argues that CMS’ design system is important because it:
- Allows designers and developers to create quickly and at scale.
- Allows product teams to focus on larger, more complex problems.
- It creates a unified language within and between cross-functional teams and products.
- It creates visual consistency across products, departments, and experiences.
- It can serve as a tool and reference for junior-level product team members.
Further, in a government setting like CMS governed by many isolated contracts, adherence to a design system can increase public trust while reducing taxpayer resource costs.
Getting Started
We encourage you to review the the CMS Design System resources for developers and designers and consider watching an overview presentation from Scott at our May 2022 Community of Practice event. If you need help sharing this resource with your teams or determining best practices for leveraging and contributing to the design system, please reach out to us.
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Meetings
The CMS OC DWE hosts a few recurring meetings you can get plugged in to, including:
CMS Design System Bi-weekly Office Hours: Every other Thursdays from 2-3pm EDT
DWE DesignOps Touchbase: Weekly (for now) at 1-1:30pm EDT
CMS.gov Digital Community of Practice: Bi-Monthly at 9-10am EDT
To learn more and get plugged in, please reach out to DCoP@cms.hhs.gov
Resources
- CMS Design System
- HOW-TO Access CMSGOV Slack (PDF)
- #cms-design-system Slack channel (CMSGOV)
- CMS Design System: Past, Present, and Future (HCD CoP, May 2022)
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