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- Potential for common components. Does this pilot have many components that can be reused in other products?
- Potential for common patterns. Does this pilot have many patterns that can be reused in other products?
- High-value elements. Even if uncommon, is there a component or pattern with high business value at the heart of this project? We're talking about elements that are integral to a flow or audience with unusually high value for the organization.
- Technical feasibility. How simple is a technical implementation of the design system? Is a large refactor required?
- Available champion. Will someone working on this product see it through and celebrate/evangelize using the design system (and even contribute to it)?
- Scope. Is this work accomplishable in our pilot timeframe of [3–4 weeks] (insert your timing here)?
- Technical independence. Is the work decoupled enough from other legacy design and code that there are clear start and end points?
- Marketing potential. Will this work excite others to use the design system?
There was one downside to building the new design system alongside a product—it ended up being biased to the needs of that product. Afterward, it needed further development to work for the whole Etsy application. Working in a silo with minimal outside feedback allowed us to make progress quickly, but meant that we had to work harder to encourage other teams to adopt the design system.
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