FREE TEMPLATE — Design Systems Decoded
This template accompanies EP06 — The Single Source of Truth: Design to Code.
Free with newsletter subscription. Link from the EP06 Quick Win section.
Purpose: Map your current design-to-code handoff process, identify every drift point, and build the automation plan.
From the series by Alex Aljabawi — uxarena.net
A single source of truth is not a file. It is a pipeline.
And a pipeline only works when no human has to remember to run it.
This exercise maps every human in your current handoff — and shows you which ones to remove.
The fictional company is Meridian — a 180-person B2B SaaS company. The DS team believes their handoff is working. The map reveals six humans standing between a design decision and production.
Completed by: Design Systems Lead
Date: Q1 2026