{"id":30146,"date":"2021-05-27T05:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/?p=30146"},"modified":"2022-11-17T08:30:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:30:08","slug":"single-source-truth-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/single-source-truth-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Single Source of Truth, and Why Do You Need it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/What-is-a-single-source-of-truth-1024x512.png\" alt=\"What is a single source of truth\" class=\"wp-image-30147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/What-is-a-single-source-of-truth-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/What-is-a-single-source-of-truth-601x300.png 601w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/What-is-a-single-source-of-truth-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/What-is-a-single-source-of-truth.png 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead designers need to make sure they keep their team members on the right path. Managers have tried several methods to reach this goal, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/design-systems-vs-pattern-libraries-vs-style-guides-whats-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pattern libraries and style guides<\/a>. While those options have a place to play within some organizations, they don\u2019t always provide the single source of truth that you need to optimize design efficiency and avoid mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optimize your design process by bridging the gap between design and development. Design prototypes 10x faster by using a ready-made, interactive components that you share with engineers. 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The design system should include everything that employees involved in product development need to conform to the company\u2019s brand identity and align with all expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/79pN86XZ7PuyD-BS-uzemLqiSGqb9IErd59dvOpmjvt6qaAWE9Ed5z6XoqBdeVm3rcLLNHPIv8_wPMiIPsNVAWKlXmLN2gRLLRvAV1VIcWXNp9-NVLNIbF5Etw1eXyEBjLQ_I38D\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When using a design system as your single source of truth, you will likely establish approved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Color palettes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type scales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Icons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buttons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sliders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that you can use a pre-existing design system or create a unique one for your team\u2019s products. Building a new design system takes time, so a lot of smaller design groups decide to use options like <a href=\"https:\/\/material.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Material Design<\/a>, which already gives you a library of attractive, functional <a href=\"https:\/\/material.io\/components\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">components<\/a> that you can add to designs easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other popular design systems include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/design\/language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design Language<\/a> (from IBM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/design\/fluent\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fluent Design System<\/a> (from Microsoft)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human Interface<\/a> (from Apple)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While you can save time and energy using one of these as your single source of truth, you lose a little control over your aesthetic. Plus, <em>a lot<\/em> of designers already use these design systems. You might find that developing an independent, single source of truth helps your brand stand out from the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you decide to make a new design system, you can build it with atomic design. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/atomic-design-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UXPin has a useful checklist<\/a> that will help contribute to your atomic design system\u2019s success. You should also consider reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/ebooks\/create-design-system-guide-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Creating a Design System: The 100-Point Process Checklist<\/em><\/a> (don\u2019t worry. It\u2019s free).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-you-need-a-single-source-of-truth-more-than-you-probably-know\">Why you need a single source of truth (more than you probably know)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Establishing a single source of truth gives you benefits way beyond controlling what components, icons, and color schemes your designers use. Depending on how you approach your design system and the tools you choose, you can make work much easier for everyone on your team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-provide-everything-designers-need-to-build-products\"><strong>You provide everything designers need to build products<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In a very loose way, this is something that you already expect static style guides to do. When someone has a question about what color to use for the homepage\u2019s background, they can consult the style guide. When someone isn\u2019t sure how far apart to place lines of text, a style guide provides the answer. However, if you want teams to reuse some elements that are already in-line with the company standards, then an interactive design system comes in handy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can decide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/merge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">go one step further<\/a> by linking designers\u2019 single source of truth and developers\u2019. Bring fully interactive and developed components to your design editor so that you can prototype with the production-ready components right away. Then you get a library of approved components that they can drag and drop into their design environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Y3LtdAcAZJ_QnzzzUkHUkQn55DasqJsm1aInoO5Q3_9hZRKjqp5iPnnH4KsCnKH10YlCuVfgljALYlh6tValyeWf1IhdZfRcnlzv-6VRjQCB8VYeDPkCtHPBRU-1FBLjMz7SesgC\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If someone needs to build a new app that lets employees request days off, they can find the appropriate interactive elements, drop it into the design environment, and tweak individual fields to meet their goal. Most of the work has already been done because someone has created reusable components that serve frequent needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also removes all the inconsistencies in the handoff process. As both designers and developers use the same components, there\u2019s no way that those can be off in the prototype. Using the ultimate single source of truth for product teams will cut down not only the designing time, but also the development process as the reusable components are already coded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-one-ever-has-an-outdated-design-system\"><strong>No one ever has an outdated design system<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re old enough, think back to the time that everyone relied on printed style guides. A good style guide would tell you just about everything you could ever need to know while designing a new digital product.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when companies started to digitize style guides, they usually turned them into PDF files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital style guides seem great until you have a better option. After all, you don\u2019t have to print pages and pages of instructions anymore. You can just send a single document to everyone via email. Easy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Except that something always goes wrong. Last year\u2019s style guide doesn\u2019t necessarily conform to this year\u2019s standards. Even last month\u2019s style guide might not conform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When everyone has a static document that tells them what to do, they may end up using the wrong edition. It\u2019s a challenging situation that always seems to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a design system, though, no one ever has an outdated guide. When you update the library, everyone who accesses it from that moment on sees the change because you keep the library in a centralized location that you control. You can build one in UXPin and keep everybody up to date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/A4BJwtDshhqxogo6P2AEEC4xj0vQrq3SCDvfQCvFIjYFB_OViqvJEMKTTmnPmdGQz8u4zz6CYrzkKupVYGHTFW5syoeS0eVwXCsusbT_aHFblhSdVX7-t4vYjYHBbqz9hd2A-8SR\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you integrate your design tool with developers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/merge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Git Repository<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/merge\/storybook-integration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Storybook<\/a> where the ready components are, you literally have one source of truth. When developers change elements, your design library and the projects get automatically updated. Also, the designs are code-powered so everything will synchronize and display exactly the same as in your devs\u2019 libraries or repositories. There\u2019s no need to worry about components, colors, typography and more being off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-single-source-of-truth-saves-everyone-time\"><strong>A single source of truth saves everyone time<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Making a design system that serves as your single source of truth will certainly save your designers some time because they don\u2019t need to consult style guides or knock on your door to ask questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you really want to drastically cut down the time of design and development phases, you should consider syncing your design editor with developers\u2019 repositories and libraries. PayPal compared designing with interactive code components vs. pixel-based components, and the first method turned out to be <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/designops2-0-paypal\/uxpin-vs-figma-comparing-two-great-ux-design-tools-4c3ebd94781a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 6 times faster<\/a>! Several companies use code-approach to improve their product design, development models. Learn how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/improve-product-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PayPal took advantage of UXPin Merge\u2019s code-based design<\/a> to streamline development with a small design team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uxpin-merge-makes-every-step-easier\"><strong>UXPin Merge makes every step easier<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t waste your energy and time with static style guides and design software that isn\u2019t code-powered. 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