25. Project Management

The roadmap correctly treats a design system as a product.

You need:

• task management
• tickets
• milestones
• roadmap
• communication channels
• community meetings
• office/open hours
• FAQs

Design system roadmap

Example:

Q1
- token architecture
- Button
- Input
- Dialog
- Storybook

Q2
- forms
- data display
- dark mode
- migration tooling

Q3
- advanced patterns
- Figma-code sync
- analytics

Do not promise every component.

Prioritize by product impact.

Community

Adoption improves when consumers can influence the system.

Useful channels:

• Slack/Teams channel
• RFC discussions
• GitHub Discussions
• office hours
• monthly system updates