The benefits of a design system may be pretty clear to a designer or developer, but how do you make the case for design systems to a C-suite? How do you demonstrate the business value? In Mike Fortuna's article How I Calculated the Business Case for a Design System, he explains the key is "to present a clear, data-driven justification that highlights the long-term savings and value that a design system can deliver, reducing tech debt and providing a solid return on investment."
So how does he do this? By creating a formula. Take the cost of a single component, a button, for instance.
If the organization worked on 50 projects last year, each building their own button, the total cost would be:
(2,000+1,000+500) × 50 = $175,000
So how does he do this? By creating a formula. Take the cost of a single component, a button, for instance.
If the organization worked on 50 projects last year, each building their own button, the total cost would be:
(2,000+1,000+500) × 50 = $175,000
Fortuna goes on to state, that if you take that one button and integrate it into a design system, "the initial cost remains, but the integration cost per project is significantly lower, let’s say $200 per project."
2,000 + 1,000 + (200×50) = $13,000
That's a cost savings of $162,000 on building a single button. Imagine the financial impact an entire system of components could have on your company.
Fortuna goes on to state, that if you take that one button and integrate it into a design system, "the initial cost remains, but the integration cost per project is significantly lower, let’s say $200 per project."
2,000 + 1,000 + (200×50) = $13,000
That's a cost savings of $162,000 on building a single button. Imagine the financial impact an entire system of components could have on your company.
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Since he personally has no time or social media experience to curate an online presence for it, EVE has helped to start the foundation for an online following onInstagram and Facebook to reach customers Faraj would previously have missed out on.
It is important to recognize that social media marketing is becoming the new norm. While the start up of a social media strategy can be overwhelming, it doesn’t have to be.
While you focus on your passion of running your business, EVE is here to focus on our passion of helping you navigate the social media world and digital business.
Now let's consider the hours of time saved. By eliminating redundancy and promoting reusable assets, it's likely you can reduce hours worked by design and development teams on a single project from 3,600 hours to only 400 hours, a total time savings of 3,200 hours.
If you take that total savings and multiply it across 50 projects, you have saved 160,000 working hours across all projects.
A design system helps companies improve the quality, speed, and consistency of their products while also reducing costs and maintaining a strong brand identity. By providing a data-driven formula to bring clarity to the financial benefits of a design system long-term, it becomes apparent that investing in a design system is crucial for companies aiming to scale efficiently and be strategic with their business goals.
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