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Component governance for storefront teams: who owns the button, who owns the basket

Effective component governance dictates who controls design system elements, from simple buttons to complex basket logic, ensuring consistency and preventing technical debt in storefront development.

Ian Gordon· Business Development Director
4 min readReviewed February 2025
"Without clear component ownership, even simple UI elements can fragment, leading to inconsistent user experiences and escalating technical debt."
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Ian Gordon, Business Development Director at iWeb
Ian Gordon
Business Development Director
31 years at iWeb

Ian co-founded iWeb and leads commercial strategy across enterprise commerce programmes. He writes the notes on rescue engagements, procurement failure, platform selection politics, and the point where a transformation programme becomes an operating-model problem instead of a technology one. Focused on commercial clarity, realistic delivery economics, and the gap between what procurement asks for and what the business actually needs.

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