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Fig. A — Findings document440°F · Straw
Sample, fictional dataFig. B — Duplication map
Fig. C — Token drift
Fig. D — Remediation roadmap
Playbook 01 · Design System Stabilization
Your design system drifted, forked, or quietly got abandoned.
Inventory it, consolidate it, install a contribution model so it stays fixed.
$4,500Flat. 50% to start, 50% on a fixed delivery date.
- Kickoff
- Monday, Wednesday, or Friday
- Delivery
- Five business days later, on a fixed date
- Calls
- Two, 45 minutes each
In the box
- 01Component inventory + duplication mapEvery component, where it lives, and every place it was re-implemented instead of reused.
- 02Token auditWhat's tokenized, what's hardcoded, and a drift percentage you can put in a board deck.
- 03Adoption analysisUsed, orphaned, and actively worked around. The last one is where the money goes.
- 04Contribution model assessmentHow changes get in today, and why they don't.
- 05Prioritized roadmapP0, P1, P2, estimated in engineer-weeks so it can be planned against.
- 0645-minute walkthrough + recorded LoomForward it to anyone who wasn't on the call.
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Specifications
- Duration
- Five business days from kickoff
- Price
- $4,500 flat
- Payment
- 50% to start, 50% on the delivery date
- Calls
- 45-minute kickoff, 45-minute walkthrough. Monday, Wednesday, or Friday
- Between calls
- Written and async
- Format
- Annotated Figma file + 12–18 page findings document
- Scope
- Fixed. Anything outside it is a written change order
- Ownership
- Yours on final payment
- Time zone
- Eastern. Charlotte, NC
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Description
Who it's for
A team whose system has drifted, is under-adopted, or has quietly forked across products.
Signs you need it
- A rebrand that never reached the components
- The same button built four times in four repos
- Nobody owns the system since the last reorg
- Engineers hardcode values because the tokens are wrong
How the week runs
- Kickoff45-minute call, Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. Scope is fixed here.
- Days 1–4The work. Written, async, no meetings.
- Day 5Delivery and the 45-minute walkthrough, plus a recorded Loom. Same weekday as kickoff.
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Usually followed by
ThisDesign System Audit$4,500 · one week
Then, if you want it ownedThe retainer$6,500/mo · three-month minimum · two slots
The audit's roadmap is yours either way. Run it with your own team, or hand it to me.
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Reviews
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Seven brands on one token architecture—