
Advantages of Component-Based Web Design Systems

For example, you can choose to include in your design system some components that teams are really proud of making, signaling that the design system is a place that spotlights teams’ accomplishments.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
Common Benefits of Design Systems
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
Anything that allows a developer to be free to create seems like a value-add. The responsibility for updating work is still there, the commitment to completion is still there, the process is just much simpler.
Tobias Mayer • The People's Scrum: Agile Ideas for Revolutionary Transformation
On the other hand, integrated systems are suited for products that: •are designed for one specific purpose •don’t need to scale or change
Alla Kholmatova • Design Systems (Smashing eBooks)
Perhaps the most common conflation of terms occurs within the difference between a component library and a design system. These terms cannot and should not be used interchangeably, because they’re very different things, even though they seem comparable at first glance.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
Using a design system bestows relief.