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The Never-Ending Job of Selling Design Systems

This image is fantastic:

The Design System Efficiency Curve. Line graph illustrating the curvilinear relationship of productivity over time in terms of overall efficiency, in situations of transition from having no design system in place through in-process set up of the system, to eventually having an established design system. Productivity is represented on the y-axis and Time on the x-axis. Starting at 0,0 productivity dips down as the team diverts resources to set up the system, but eventually surpasses standard productivity once the system is in place.

This is a great read from Ben: The Never-Ending Job of Selling Design Systems – A List Apart

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Posted by Brad Frost on 15 Feb, 2021

Tags: ben callahan, design systems

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