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id: maturity-models
kind: topic
title: "Maturity and readiness models"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/maturity-models.md
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# Maturity and readiness models

Scoring a system's agent-readiness on signals rather than vibes, and the indexes that publish those scores. The buy-in these scores are meant to win is getting harder, not easier.

Buy-in satisfaction fell 42% to 32% year over year, dissatisfaction 23% to 40% (zeroheight, n=147)

## Edges

- <- about <- AI-ready Design System Roadmap, Agent-Ready Design Systems Index, Building an AI-Ready design system, Design System Maturity Model, Design Systems Report 2026, Design Systems That Document AI, State of AI in Design Systems, State of AI in Design Systems — Further reading, Structural Workbook for AI + Accessible Design Systems, What we learned auditing 37 design systems for AI-readiness
- <- focus <- Anna E. Cook, Ben Callahan, Chris Strahl, Cristian Morales Achiardi, Elyse Holladay, Ilya Greben, Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent, Kiryl Zhukouski, Romina Kavcic
- <- ships <- Agent-Ready Design Systems Index, Design Systems Report 2026, State of AI in Design Systems, The Question

## Sources

- https://www.designsystems.one/ai-ready/systems
- https://designsystems.surf/products/ai-ready-roadmap
- https://zeroheight.com/maturity/
- https://report.zeroheight.com/