Design system adoption brief
Help product teams adopt the design system by removing real blockers and making migration visible, supported, and worthwhile.
Design systems · 45 min · Advanced · 32 questions
Teams
Which teams need a different adoption path?
Which products does each team maintain?
Which technologies affect migration?
How often can each team release changes?
Value
What value should adoption create for users?
Which quality problem should adoption reduce?
Which delivery task should become faster?
Which maintenance cost should decrease?
Blockers
Which missing system capability blocks adoption?
Which API mismatch blocks adoption?
Which performance cost blocks adoption?
Which missing guidance blocks adoption?
Migration work
Which code changes does each migration require?
Which design changes does each migration require?
Which content changes does each migration require?
Which tests must be updated?
Which dependencies could delay migration?
Enablement
Which migration guide does each team need?
Which examples would make adoption easier?
Which repeated changes can be automated?
Which adopters need system training?
Where can teams get migration support?
Commitment
Who owns design-system migration work?
Who funds the migration?
How will the work appear in product plans?
Evidence and exceptions
How will we measure production use?
How will we track current system versions?
How will we measure quality after adoption?
How will we measure consumer confidence?
How should justified exceptions be recorded?
When should an exception be reviewed?
When should an adoption exception expire?
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Use when you need to help product teams adopt the design system by removing real blockers and making migration visible, supported, and worthwhile.
Best used as: Live call · Async intake
- Category
- Design systems
- Discussion time
- 45 minutes
- Depth
- Advanced
- Last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- Scope
- Design briefs
- Best used as
- Live callAsync intake
- Design roles
- Design systems designer
- Audience
- Design leadsProduct designersUX and UI designers
- Platforms
- Design toolsWebiOSAndroid
- Company type
- B2BB2CEnterprise
- Product stage
- GrowthMature product
- Tags
- design-systemsdesign-system-adoptiondelivery-and-operationsadoption-programproduct-migration