1. Yes 2. Design reviews with the development team. You can also kick incomplete designs back to the designer. I often do, usually with suggestions. 3. Yes. D

1. Yes 2. Design reviews with the development team. You can also kick incomplete designs back to the designer. I often do, usually with suggestions. 3. Yes. Designers often put things in a design on a whim. Devs will work their butts off to implement it, when a small change might have made it simpler or more accessible or whatever. I've never had a designer push back with these kinds of suggestions 4. All of them, if you bother to speak up 5. Sounds like a nightmare.