Product Design handoffs - do you write functional specs (interactions, states, etc) and share prototypes or solely rely on the Figma inspect panel? What other methods do you use to communicate your hand off to devs?

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For the most part that isn't a personal decision. The org you work for should have a set process.

Func specs are only done if your company is waterfall and not agile, or if the tech team is offshore.

In the agile world, there are many agile ceremonies to avoid such a document. And most documentations are done via user stories.

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For me, it depends on the complexity of the project. I don't often write functional specs unless I'm introducing something new to the design system. However, I do share prototypes often because I create a lot of data visualizations and there are a lot of interactions and states to consider. I'll also include notes in my Figma if there are certain things I want the dev team to be aware of.

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