FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: creating accessible websites and how it im pacts the project life cycle

[Greg Glaser <g_glaser@xxxxxxxxx>]

<Funny anecdote ahead>
A company I had worked for in the past insisted that web development conform to 
*their* adapataion of the ADA guidelines. This "adapation" was merely a 
copy/paste of the ADA requirements...but they used the ADA, not the 508 
subsection, so our websites were required to be wheelchair accessible. Go 
figure.
</>
 
Not to trivialize the question, but the impact to create an accessible site is 
no different than requiring that a site "conform to our company's existing 
style guide." You're just assuming that the style of the site, so to speak, be 
branded and also accessible. 
 
So...if you account for accessibility early--that is, in your requirements and 
design stages (or pick your preferred methodology buzzwords)--the impact is 
minimal, or at least proportional to any other design expectation. It's when 
you try to add it in later that you increase your costs, as you might expect. 
Plan plan plan, then build.
 
For other reference, you might try the following:
 
http://www.section508.gov/
 
http://www.hhs.gov/
or
http://www.medicare.gov/ (both good examples of compliance; medicare.gov even 
has a screen-reader option)
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp (the ubiquitous Bobby 
accessiblity evaluator)

http://www.w3.org/WAI/ (the W3C's web accessibility guidelines and tools)

Greg Glaser, PMP
Project Manager
Zen Consulting
www.zen-consulting.com

 

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"Brad B. McCormick" <mccormickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Actually, I believe the websites recieving any kind of FEDERAL FUNDING have
to be accessible; that is, abide by the 508 standards. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Cortney Sellers [mailto:cortney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 4:18 PM
To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [webproducers] Re: creating accessible websites and how it
impacts the project life cycle


One note here that may be of interest to all....

Website accessibility is required by federal law. While this is the case,
some precedents are now being set which lay the groundwork for how
accessible one has to be. 

It would be a great additional knowledge base for any web producer to have
in their toolbox. Many of the things are simple, easy to implement, and
beneficial in multiple ways. 

The trick will be to know that your team has a clear understanding of
accessibility from each of their tasks: design, development, testing, etc.

Cortney


-----Original Message-----
From: webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tonyzeoli
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:04 PM
To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [webproducers] Re: creating accessible websites and how it impacts
the project life cycle

I'm assuming that he means what does is cost in extra development time to 
take into consideration accessibility issues, for example making the site 
compliant for the hearing or visibly impaired with either text or audio that

can be accessed automatically when you visit a web site.

I don't have any resources, but I'll look around. I did learn a little about

this in my last semester at NYU.

These types of issues are really relevant to the health care industry or the

government, whose regulations require that web sites need to be accessible 
for the elderdly and the handicapped.

Tony Z.
> Zahid,
> is there a chance you can re-phrase your wording.
> 
> "creating accessible websites impact on the project life cycle" -- quite
> possible it's me don't understand this.
> Please elaborate.
> 
> Sergei
> 
> ********
> Can anyone give me some advice on the subject creating accessible websites
> impact on the project life cycle?
> > Any useful thoughts, websites, books and resources would be
appreciated.
> >
> > still had no responses hmmmm .......... I wonder why ?
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Zahid Hossain
> 
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