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Design system audit

Find where your design system is costing the team time

Similar components behave differently. Accessibility defects return in new features. Figma and production disagree about what belongs in the system. A focused audit turns those symptoms into an inventory, severity-ranked findings and a 90-day roadmap.

Timeline
1 to 2 weeks
Investment
€7–14k
Package
UX Sprint

Use an audit when the system exists but trust is slipping

  • Components look similar but behave differently across squads
  • Accessibility defects return because the pattern is not documented
  • Design and engineering disagree about what is in the system
  • Token changes break several applications because naming and ownership are unclear

What the audit reviews

The work starts from the UI surfaces, components, tokens and patterns your team uses now. A representative sample is reviewed for consistency, accessibility and token use. Ownership, review and release practices are mapped alongside the inventory, so the roadmap separates quick fixes from structural work.

Not included unless scoped separately

  • A full component rebuild
  • A migration across every product
  • An accessibility conformance certificate

How the audit runs

  1. Map live UI surfaces and who owns each pattern family.
  2. Sample important flows for consistency, accessibility and token use.
  3. Rank findings by user impact, rework cost and fix complexity.
  4. Agree on minimum standards and an adoption sequence stakeholders can follow.

What you receive

  • An inventory of the components, tokens and patterns in use
  • Severity-ranked findings with effort estimates
  • A 90-day roadmap separating quick wins from structural fixes
  • Governance recommendations for RFCs, review and release cadence

Investment

€7–14k

2 weeks, fixed scope

Estimate a custom engagement

How the price is set

The audit runs as the UX Sprint package. Final scope depends on the number of product surfaces, repositories and teams included.

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Relevant published work

  • City of Helsinki, 2020 to present

    Helsinki Design System

    Research, component structures, accessibility review, documentation and delivery practices for a design system used across many digital services.

    Read the case study: Helsinki Design System
  • VR Group, 2026 to present

    DSharp Design System

    Tokens, component contracts, Storybook, MCP, CLI and enforcement tooling for an AI-assisted design-system architecture.

    Read the case study: DSharp Design System
  • Open source, 2025 to present

    LLM Component Schema

    A published schema and CLI for component contracts, with drift detection and evaluation benchmarks.

    Read the case study: LLM Component Schema

About the audit

A representative sample of the surfaces, components, tokens and patterns in use, not every screen. Scope depends on the surfaces, repositories and teams included.

Buying from Digitaltableteur

Answers for procurement, legal and finance teams. Anything not covered here can go in the first message.

Digitaltableteur, a Finnish sole trader registered in the Trade Register. Business ID 2264455-2, VAT ID FI22644552, Hämeentie 8 C 26, 00530 Helsinki.

Start with a 30-minute call

Talk through the system, the teams involved and what the audit should answer. A calendar invite arrives by email.