Development Process Integration
Derived from 5 responses out of 69
Room 306 C
Facilitator: Eric Bailey
Theme Description
Accessibility is often treated as an afterthought rather than being integrated into the development process from the beginning. The general productivity pipeline in open source doesn't guarantee consideration of accessibility issues until too late in the project lifecycle.
Participants (9)
- 2
- Aron
- Bryan W
- eric-gh
- Graham T.
- Jessica Hinkle
- Patrick Hyatt
- r2d2
- Thanu
Source Responses
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Response 1:
"The trade-off between standards and innovation that sometimes requires breaking patterns and debating from norms"
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Response 2:
"Generally the productivity pipeline in OSS does not guarantee thinking about accessibility issues until way too late in a project lifecycle unless the devs that start the project are a11y minded"
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Response 3:
"Lack of consideration for cognitive disabilities and a lack of inclusion of individuals living with disabilities in throughout the SDLC."
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Response 4:
"The fact that it relies mostly on just good enough mentality for legal compliance"
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Response 5:
"Lack of well defined goals for technology rather than focusing on interface design"