Suggested by: your name
Team/contract: your team
Product/application/form: describe where your Experimental component/pattern will live
Date: today’s date

Experimental pattern name

Briefly describe your proposed Experimental design component/pattern.

Purpose

Talk about the “why” of your Experimental component/pattern. What problem(s) will you be solving? How will this component/pattern improve the experience of Veterans using va.gov and/or be an affordance for designers and developers working on the platform?

Example

1. Name. Description.
2. Name. Description.
3. Name. Description.
4. Name. Description.
5. Name. Description.

UX behavior

Include placement and interaction details here.

• Bullet points help keep things scannable.
• You may delete this section if it isn’t needed.

Additional notes

Add supplemental information here.

• This may include PR links, links to code, etc.
• Note if your experimental pattern relates to other components or patterns. Please include links.
• You may delete this section if it isn’t needed.

Design mockups

Add links to images or Sketch for Teams files here. Please include mobile and desktop versions of your design.

Accessibility notes

How does an engineer build the pattern to meet WCAG 2.2 standards? What is the focus order of UI elements in your pattern? Include guidelines and code snippets here.

Research

Include links to research findings as they are gathered. If research is in planning or in progress, please indicate that here.