Governance Model Facilitation
Define roles, responsibilities, and processes for managing a design system at scale. This includes how decisions are made, who owns what, and how feedback and change are handled — ensuring the system remains trusted, usable, and adaptable.
When to Employ This Service
Use when your design system is growing and you need scalable, governed ways for teams to propose, test, and integrate components.
Outcomes & Benefits
Good governance enables sustainable, scalable design systems. It creates clarity, accountability, and shared ownership across roles.
Clearer decision-making roles and responsibilities
More scalable and resilient design systems
Reduced tension or duplication across teams
Greater trust in design as a shared function
Approach
I work with your team to establish or refine governance structures for design systems or cross-functional delivery. This includes clear roles, workflows, and escalation paths.
Discovery: Understand pain points and decision bottlenecks
Model Design: Define operating rhythm, roles, and accountability
Facilitation: Run sessions with working groups or leadership
Documentation: Publish governance playbooks and process maps
Typical Deliverables
Discover
Current state documentation and maturity scans
Define
Decision-making map (who, what, how)
Process role matrix and escalation paths
Deliver
Governance playbook
Working group and review cycle calendar