Three Team Models for Managing Design Systems: Decentralized, Centralized, and External
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Summary
This article explores three organizational models for design system teams: decentralized, centralized, and external. It discusses how the structure of the team responsible for a design system can impact its effectiveness, scalability, and long-term success. The author argues that organizations often default to whatever setup worked initially, even after outgrowing it, and should instead intentionally choose a model that fits their current needs.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledMaintaining a design system is a significant task, and how you structure the team that does that work may be helping or hurting your cause.
Often an organization will simply default to the setup that worked for them in the moment when their system was built, even long after they outgrow it.
There are three models we're going to explore today: decentralized, centralized, and external.
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