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Case Study
Document Management
A controlled document library.
With this project we started from scratch, laying the foundation for future work.
We had to build out complex versioning system that needed to integrate with a training management system as well as several disparate workflow and event tracking apps.
We went through several rounds of discussion about how to handle versioning
Challenges:
The current solution had become a junk drawer, bogged down with non-standard uses. We wanted to focus the product on being a reference library, not file storage.
Because clients' employees would be training on specific versions of documents, this meant we had to get versioning right from the beginning. We spent a lot of time interviewing stakeholders and current clients to identify their needs, and eventually came up with a system that allowed access to previous versions while still promoting the current version prominently.
This truly was a cross-discipline effort, involving not only design and product management, but also front-end development and architecture.
Screenshots of the Document Details, the Version Details, and the File Viewer
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© Kurt Madsen 2026
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Case Study
Document Management
A controlled document library.
With this project we started from scratch, laying the foundation for future work.
We had to build out complex versioning system that needed to integrate with a training management system as well as several disparate workflow and event tracking apps.
We went through several rounds of discussion about how to handle versioning
Challenges:
The current solution had become a junk drawer, bogged down with non-standard uses. We wanted to focus the product on being a reference library, not file storage.
Because clients' employees would be training on specific versions of documents, this meant we had to get versioning right from the beginning. We spent a lot of time interviewing stakeholders and current clients to identify their needs, and eventually came up with a system that allowed access to previous versions while still promoting the current version prominently.
This truly was a cross-discipline effort, involving not only design and product management, but also front-end development and architecture.
Screenshots of the Document Details, the Version Details, and the File Viewer
Thanks!
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© Kurt Madsen 2026
|
Case Study
Document Management
A controlled document library.
With this project we started from scratch, laying the foundation for future work.
We had to build out complex versioning system that needed to integrate with a training management system as well as several disparate workflow and event tracking apps.
We went through several rounds of discussion about how to handle versioning
Challenges:
The current solution had become a junk drawer, bogged down with non-standard uses. We wanted to focus the product on being a reference library, not file storage.
Because clients' employees would be training on specific versions of documents, this meant we had to get versioning right from the beginning. We spent a lot of time interviewing stakeholders and current clients to identify their needs, and eventually came up with a system that allowed access to previous versions while still promoting the current version prominently.
This truly was a cross-discipline effort, involving not only design and product management, but also front-end development and architecture.
Screenshots of the Document Details, the Version Details, and the File Viewer
Thanks!
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© Kurt Madsen 2026