Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
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The document introduces ARR, a framework designed to combat accessibility apathy by clarifying roles and responsibilities within cross-functional teams. It emphasizes the importance of distributing accessibility ownership across various functions and outlines resources, including role definitions and decision trees, to facilitate this process. The creators encourage teams to test the framework and engage with the Education and Outreach Working Group for further involvement.
Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy
- 1. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing ARRM A framework to fight accessibility apathy CSUN ATC 2020 Anaheim, CA March 12th, 2020 Get the slides! bit.ly/arrm-csun2020
- 2. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Who own accessibility on your teams? If you are that person, how’s that working out for you so far? Do you wish things were different?
- 3. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Our team / your speakers DENIS Deque Systems db@deque.com BILL Optum Technology btyler@optum.com LEWIS AT&T lewis_phillips@labs.att.com JENNIFER Siteimprove jcha@siteimprove.com SEAN Optum Technology sean_kelly@optum.com
- 4. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Genesis of this project You can only witness so many projects crash and burn due to lack of proper planning before you do something about it.
- 5. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Genesis of this project Breaking down accessibility by roles… 2010 - AccessibilitéWeb comes to CSUN with a wild, novel idea… 2011 - The ARB resource is made available as part of WAI-Engage (see link below) 2013 - The Canadian govt. adopts ARB as part of its Web Experience Toolkit framework Resource https://www.w3.org/community/wai-engage/wiki/Accessibility_Responsibility_Breakdown
- 6. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Genesis of this project And thus, ARRM picks up steam 2014 - Independent research on role-based accessibility at Optum Technology (Bill) 2018 - ARRM is launched at the EOWG, with full team coming together over the next year 2020 – And here we are today in sunny Anaheim for CSUN 2020!
- 7. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing the ARRM project How can we truly help organizations distribute accessibility responsibilities across an entire cross-functional team?
- 8. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing the ARRM project Accessibility roles and responsibility mapping Introducing the ARRM project • Project plan • Framework Introduction • Role-Based Decision tree • Roles Description Resource http://bit.ly/wai-arm-project
- 9. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing the ARRM project ARRM’s framework introduction Resource landing page, explaining how to use the ARRM framework and providing some context such as who should own accessibility and how to refer to the different parts of this resource. Resource http://bit.ly/wai-arm-resource
- 10. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing the ARRM project ARRM’s role definition document A list of all the different roles that can exist within a cross-functional product team: business, design, implementation and QA Testing roles. Meant to support the decision making process. Resource http://bit.ly/wai-arm-definition
- 11. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing the ARRM project ARRM’s role-based decision tree Inspired by the concept of a RACI matrix, and built as a framework to define ownership for accessibility in a cross-functional product team with various levels of ownership (primary, secondary, contributor). Resource http://bit.ly/wai-arm-decision
- 12. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Putting the ARRM framework to the test Break down into groups of 4-5 people and test drive the framework. Can you easily assign ownership levels to typical accessibility tasks?
- 13. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Putting ARRM to the test Decision tree flow As a reminder of the framework logic… 1. Is this checkpoint driven by Business/Non-Functional requirements? 2. Is this checkpoint about Visual Design? 3. Is this checkpoint about Content Authoring? 4. Is this checkpoint about UX Design? 5. Is this checkpoint about Implementation? 6. Is this checkpoint about Testing? 7. IF NONE OF THE ABOVE, then it’s a Management concern.
- 14. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Putting ARRM to the test Workshop activity As a group, assign roles and responsibilities for the following tasks Example checkpoints Ownership levels Primary Secondary Contributor Keyboard focus advances across the page in a meaningful way Keyboard focus is not applied to non-active or static elements Headings follow a hierarchical sequence without skipping levels Elements that visually look like headings are marked up as such The main heading of the page describes the content of the page
- 15. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy What does your team’s matrix look like? Let’s take a moment to compare our results from one team to the next. How different are those results, on this small sample?
- 16. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Introducing the ARRM project ARRM’s role-specific templates Accessibility is a team effort, and everyone has a role to play! The first iteration of these templates helps UX/UI designers, copywriters and developers get started with accessibility. Resources http://bit.ly/wai-arm-ux http://bit.ly/wai-arm-visual http://bit.ly/wai-arm-content http://bit.ly/wai-arm-front-end
- 17. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy What do you think? Can you see how this framework could help your team get clarity on how to break down accessibility through your own lifecycle?
- 18. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Discover the EOWG Want to get involved? The EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) has many projects going on and are always looking for more volunteers! Wanna help out? We’d love to welcome you as part of the team. Resource https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/eowg/
- 19. CSUN 2020 – Introducing ARRM: A Framework to Fight Accessibility Apathy Thank you for your attention! Want to know more about this project or get a hold of us? Don’t hesitate to reach out!