Zero-Blocker Delivery: Closing the Design–Engineering Gap (for Real)

Design doesn’t slow teams down, handoffs and uneven engineering capability do. Marcus Knight shows how to expose the hidden friction between design and development, set pragmatic standards, and use exemplars to raise implementation quality without slowing velocity. We’ll also separate AI myth from reality so teams invest where it actually saves time.
Outcomes:

• Identify and fix the top 5 friction points in the design→dev handoff.
• Establish a “code-ready” Definition of Ready (tokens, states, constraints).
• Use exemplar squads and pairing to lift engineering implementation standards.
• Apply AI where it works (discovery/synthesis), not where it wastes cycles (UI prompting).