Glossary

Design System Adoption

Design system adoption is repeated use of shared assets and decisions in real product work because they create a dependable route to delivery.

  • Design systems
  • Product delivery
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What design system adoption means

Design system adoption is the repeated use of shared system assets and decisions in real product work because they offer a dependable route to a result.

How adoption should be recognised

  1. 01

    Production reuse

    Useful adoption evidence includes whether shared system assets are reused in production product work.

  2. 02

    Detached or overridden instances

    Detached or overridden instances show where teams move away from shared decisions and may need a different route to reuse or extension.

  3. 03

    Contribution

    Contribution indicates whether teams can improve the system when product work reveals a shared need.

  4. 04

    Migration completion

    Migration completion helps show whether intended system decisions have actually moved into product surfaces.

  5. 05

    Defects

    Defects help reveal whether reuse is creating dependable delivery or introducing issues in real product work.

  6. 06

    Reuse and extension judgment

    Teams also need to know when to reuse an existing system decision and when to extend it.

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