How SoFi Cultivates Its Thriving, Culture-Driven Design System with Supernova
“We saved over 100 engineering hours in a single quarter… the system’s become something people are genuinely excited about.” — JJ Nold, Design System Director at SoFi
How Supernova saves you time and money
Get an idea of how Supernova accelerates your product workflow, enabling you to scale your design system sustainably and cut down costs.
$100k – $500k
Saved in setup and maintenance costs, in the first year
Tailor your design system without the overhead
30%
Boost in design system team efficiency
Connect your design system information
1 Day
Saved per week/team
2×
Faster onboarding
Save product teams time and reduce workloads
Crafting the business case for design systems
Getting buy-in and funding for your design system from key stakeholders requires building a compelling business case. Executives need to understand why they should resource a design system initiative over something else and how it'll help the organization achieve company goals.
Follow our 4-step process and download our presentation deck template to craft the business case for design systems.
1. Articulate the problem
- Highlight current workflow inefficiencies.
- Identify areas of improvement in collaboration.
- Communicate inconsistencies in design and their impact.
2. Understand stakeholder needs
- Identify executive stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
- Conduct interviews to better understand their priorities.
- Cater business case to stakeholder needs.
3. Budget your design system
- Research benchmarks and implementation methods.
- Calculate the cost of building and maintaining the design system.
- Forecast impact and cost savings.
4. Create an action plan
- Identify the scope and scale of the initial design system.
- Develop a project plan with deadlines and owners.
- Get buy-in from cross-functional stakeholders.
“It’s easy to use, intuitive, and offers many opportunities to scale in the future.”
Supernova is a tool that really understands the needs of design systems creators. We’ve had no fun in the past working with other tools’ documentation, but that’s all changed now. It’s easy to use, intuitive, and offers many opportunities to scale in the future. As a single source of truth, it is mind-blowing, efficient, fast, and highly customizable. They also listen to their customers and prioritize their roadmaps to fit their needs which is a great bonus.
Matthias Fritsch
Design Lead
Quantify the ROI and savings of your Supernova design system
We calculate how much money a design system saves your team, by looking at the cost of product development without a design system, as well as the savings from building using Supernova instead of a custom solution.
Designers
10
2
$100,000
Developers
15
1
$120,000
Code automation
Savings
$300,000
$360,000
$208,833
$2,756,500
736%
See Supernova in action in our case studies
Creating a Single Entry Point for IFC’s Multi-Brand Design System, iceberg
“We have a lot of elements, a lot of components, a lot of documentation, a lot of evolution. We would need two or three devs full time to just maintain that documentation website if we weren’t leveraging Supernova.” – Simon Bélanger, iceberg Design System manager
Bridging Design and Development: How Mews Is Scaling Their Design System with Supernova
"The time saved is incredible — from lightning-fast documentation creation […] to the magic of automating token and component health status with just one click.” — Laura Fehre, Design Manager
Establishing a Single Source of Truth: OneSignal’s Journey with Supernova
"Documented design decisions in Supernova have provided clear answers... It's just like a one-stop shop for all the information that you need.” — Charles Kantz, Design System Lead
How Userlane Kickstarted Their Design System Using Supernova
"When it came to Supernova, the setup was super easy. The barrier to entry to use it and start creating your documentation was low because it's all quite simple." — Anna Chojnacka, Design System Coordinator