strategies for including accessibility in the product development cycle
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Reflecting on 25 years of promoting accessibility inside of industry, Darren Kall shares successful strategies and tactics that he has employed at a variety of companies to get accessibility to be part of the end-to-end product development process. This talk was an invited keynote presentation to the Learning with Disabilities Ph.D. program's winter conference workshop at Wright State University. This topic is part of Darren's book proposal on a similar topic.TRANSCRIPT
Strategies for getting accessibility in the user experience product development cycle
Darren KallKeynote address
Wright State University
Learning with Disabilities Winter Workshop
3-4 December 2009
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Early Accessibility Involvement
Born into a family with deaf family member In the deaf community I learned my favorite
childhood joke riddle:
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Lesson Learned
People with disabilities have to be strategists to “fix” the world to meet their needs.
My deaf family member taught me: The world was not designed for him But, if you were clever, it was possible to create
something to make it work for you
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Personal History
My new, unnamed,
user experience company.
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How to Make Change:
1 Understand the situation(Which you already know from your interest in
accessibility.)
2 Have the skills to make change(Which you are learning as part of this program.)
3 Choose the strategy and tactics that will allow you to use these skills
(The focus of my talk today.)
4 Never give up(Perseverance is up to you.)
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Accessibility Champions Needed
Most corporations don’t naturally invest in designing accessible products.
They need someone to champion convincing them they should.
That champion is you.
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What Success Looks Like
Getting accessibility into the product development process.
Partner with the end-to-end user experience since it is usually already part product development cycle. User and customer research, product concept
phase, funding, prioritization, design, building, launching, marketing, sales, installation, evaluation of success, customer support etc.
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No Single Strategy Works with All Companies One size does not fit all. You have to pick a strategy and tactic to try
but if it fails, try another. You may have to combine them.
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