Design Debt as a Performance Indicator

Design debt

is not maintained for documentation. Meeting standards is a basic quality expected in product building. Not following the standards will break standards while Implementing a design System

practices and principles. This is especially critical while building consumer-facing products, as Software design should be opinionated

.

To reduce Design Debt, it should be considered as a performance indicator. If it is solved, and when it is solved (Open UX Debt Age) should be considered an indicator of the product team's performance evaluation.


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