Design System Metrics
Measuring the success of a design system is essential to justify its value, track adoption, and continuously improve it.
🚀 What’s Design System Metrics?
Design System Metrics are measurable indicators that help teams assess the effectiveness, adoption, and impact of a design system. They provide insights into how well the system supports designers, developers, and stakeholders in achieving consistency, efficiency, and scalability.
Why Use Design System Metrics?
Design System Metrics provide data-driven insights that help teams measure the impact, adoption, and efficiency of their design system. By tracking key metrics like component usage, time saved, and accessibility compliance, organizations can prove the system’s value, identify areas for improvement, and ensure consistency across products. Metrics also help optimize workflows by reducing redundancy, accelerating development, and improving the overall designer and developer experience. Additionally, they offer visibility into team satisfaction and engagement, ensuring the design system remains a valuable and evolving asset. Ultimately, metrics turn intuition into evidence, making it easier to secure stakeholder buy-in and drive continuous improvement.
Tools & Plugins
Figma Analytics
Omlet
Airtable
Storybook Insights
Looker
Notion
Google Sheets
Templates & Kits
Design System Metrics Collection
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Guides & Learning Resources
The Design System Guide
Design System Metrics Collection
Design System Metrics: How to Measure the Value of Design System
Articles & Videos
Design Systems metrics — what I have learned leading the DS of the biggest edtech in Latin America.
The challenge of Design Systems adoption metrics
Design Systems Resources
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