The Figma Information System

The purpose of this project was to build an information systems model of a platform of our choosing, and build a hypothetical evaluation plan for that model in the form of a report. I created an Entity Relationship Diagram to model a system that I was all too familiar with - Figma - and developed a plan to identify concerns associated with scalability, security, bottlenecks, contingency, and usability. This plan culminated in an RFP at a later stage of the same Master’s course.

This was a solo project that brought me way out of my comfort zone, but exposed me to a different face of Information Systems design that I had not previously considered in my capacity as a UX practitioner. It also gave me a newfound appreciation for the brains behind Figma’s operation, and what it takes to create and ship robust specialty software (this predated most of my SaaS experience).

The model presentation & associated report can be found here -