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Selling Design Systems

Sparkbox
April 21, 2020

Selling Design Systems

We all know the value of a design system, but if you can’t sell the concept to your internal team, you’ll never get it off the ground. Ben Callahan will help you respond to key pain points and highlight opportunities to get your executive team on board.

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April 21, 2020
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  1. ‣ Lack of Executive Champion ‣ Adoption Difficulties ‣ Staffing

    Difficulties Design System Challenges www.seesparkbox.com
  2. Efficiency COLOR FONT POSITION FONT SIZE LETTER SPACING WIDTH LINE

    SPACING UNIT ALIGNMENT HEIGHT BG COLOR :HOVER WEIGHT DECORATION INDENT
  3. Efficiency Measure the cost of work with and without a

    Design System. www.seesparkbox.com
  4. On-Boarding Measure the time it takes for a new hire

    to become productive. www.seesparkbox.com
  5. Scale Measure the amount of work your team can accomplish

    and how long it takes to get a new idea into testing. www.seesparkbox.com
  6. 2018 saw a 181% increase in ADA web accessibility-related lawsuits.

    https://blog.usablenet.com/2018-ada-web-accessibility-lawsuit-recap-report Accessibility
  7. Efficiency On-boarding Scale Unity Why Build a Design System Consistency

    Trust Accessibility Usability Internally Focused Externally Focused
  8. Determine what the influencers value, shape the project to show

    value there. Selling Design Systems www.seesparkbox.com
  9. “Imagine it’s a year from now. You were so thrilled

    with how this design system project went, that you asked if you could take me to lunch. What had to have happened with this project for you to do this?” Selling Design Systems www.seesparkbox.com