You don’t eliminate UX debt with a redesign —

you eliminate it with a system.

Here’s the 4-step path the most efficient teams follow:

• Audit UX Debt

  Identify the top friction points where UI mismatches create actual engineering rework

  (components, navigation, spacing rules, forms, responsive behavior).

• Centralize Tokens & Components

  Establish a single source of truth; so changes happen once in the system,

  not 14 times in code.

• Sync Design ↔ Dev Before Work Begins

  A 15-minute pre-sprint alignment prevents devs from guessing hover states, edge cases, and spacing rules; saving hours in mid-sprint rewrites and post-merge fixes.

• Measure What You Saved

  Track dev hours reclaimed per sprint, bug reduction, and support ticket drop;

  so the payoff becomes visible and prioritized.

A UX system isn’t a “nice-to-have.”

It’s a developer productivity multiplier; and the key to sustained product velocity.