W3C ARRM: A Ready-made Accessibility Roles & Responsibilities Map

The W3C is publishing the Accessibility Roles and Responsibility Mapping (ARRM) resource, an open-source framework, to help teams identify the primary, secondary and contribution owners of web accessibility requirements and best practices by role.

In this session we’ll share research that shows task-planning and shared ownership build comfort, capacity and role-specific skills to embed accessibility efforts into day-to-day processes. This is key to achieving your organization-wide goal of delivering inclusive products and services.

We’ll discuss:

* Roles Involved in Accessibility. Overview of our ready-made, pre-set Checkpoint List of tasks your team can adopt and start using immediately.

* Ownership. What percentage of WCAG 2.2 and best practices are primarily owned by User Experience Designers, Visual Designers, Front-End Developers, and Content Authors. We’ll explain what and why.

* Role-based Decision Tree. Got a list of accessibility issues in the backlog, or looking to plan proactively? Conduct this exercise to assign tasks, together as a team.

* ARRM Community activities. Our community of accessibility experts and practitioners is growing, and we’re excited about how they’re using the ARRM currently, and how to join and contribute to upcoming activities.

Join our session and see why task planning is an effective tool for success. We'll leave time to answer your questions, get your feedback, and celebrate!