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The Real ROI of Design Systems: Value for Designers, Developers, and Product Teams

The Real ROI of Design Systems: Value for Designers, Developers, and Product Teams

"We built a design system, but leadership keeps asking us to prove it's worth the investment." If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. I've talked to dozens of design system teams who are struggling to justify their work to stakeholders. Most focus on the obvious benefits—faster development, reduced design debt, fewer one-off components. But the real...

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How to Know If Your Design System Is Working (or Being Used at All)

How to Know If Your Design System Is Working (or Being Used at All)

Design systems promise consistency, speed, and scale. You’ve invested in the right foundations — reusable components, documentation, design tokens — and teams are shipping with them. But here’s the reality for many organizations: You’ve built the system, but you don’t actually know if it’s being used the way it was intended. And without visibility into how...

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