Challenges
Are your team collaborations hindered because multiple designers or stakeholders can’t work simultaneously and effectively on a document? Do outdated or redundant file versions slow you down? Are your design proposals cumbersome to export for prototyping or user testing after completion? Is consistency lacking because design elements aren’t standardized or easily reusable?
These challenges often lead to inefficient workflows, increased error rates, additional time expenditure, and unplanned costs. Uncoordinated collaboration can slow down entire teams. This is where Figma comes into play. More than just a design tool, it serves as a central hub for seamless real-time collaboration, efficient version control, and the development of a consistent design system. Stay competitive and boost your team’s efficiency like never before.
Goal
This training provides practical methods and application examples to help you collaborate in a central digital space, bring designs to life, and better connect teams.
Other objectives include:
- Efficient Co-Creation: Collaborate in real-time and create innovative solutions.
- Integration of Design and Development: Strengthen collaboration between designers and developers to ensure smooth handoffs.
- Scaling with Design Systems: Learn how to build consistent, reusable design systems to improve efficiency and quality.
- Team Alignment: Establish unified processes and shared vision within your team.
This training not only introduces you to Figma’s technical foundations but also lays the groundwork for collaborative and scalable workflows in design and product teams.
Target group
The "Figma Basics" training is ideal for anyone seeking to learn Figma’s fundamentals and improve team collaboration:
- For Designers who are new to Figma and want to become familiar with the platform’s features and workflows.
- For Product Owners aiming to better understand their design teams’ work to communicate and make decisions more effectively.
- For Developers looking to enhance their understanding of the design process and optimize the handoff from design to development.
Content
This training offers a solid foundation for unlocking Figma’s full potential and improving your workflow. During the training, we will explore Figma’s advantages – not just as a design tool, but as a central hub for teamwork. You’ll discover features for real-time collaboration and efficient versioning.
What you will learn:
- How to confidently navigate Figma’s tools and features
- How to structure projects and efficiently manage design files
- How to optimize teamwork by leveraging Figma as a shared workspace
- Key features like Auto-Layout, Variables, and Components
- The Dev-Mode for seamless handoffs from design to development
- A prototyping introduction to create interactive design prototypes
- Design Systems – How to build systems, understand the basics of components and libraries, and utilize them effectively in Figma
Agenda:
- Figma’s Greatest Benefits
- Getting Started with Figma – Interface, Organization & Structure
- Brief Insights into Advanced Figma – Key Features, Prototyping, Dev-Mode (covered more extensively in the next training)
- Brief Insights into Design Systems – Introduction to basics, components, and libraries (explored further in the training "Design Systems")
Organizational information
- Duration: 1 day
- Language: German or English
- Location: Remote
- Group size: 10–15 participants (with more facilitators added for larger groups)
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Cordula Kartheininger
HR & AOE Academy Strategy Lead