Project summary

Objective

The Digital Experience Design (DxD) team manages the Digital Experience Platform, called Adobe Experience Manager via a product management process. The platform manages 2,200 school websites, the public website and intranet.

Work/development is conducted via continuous release/continuous improvement and is schedule via a backlog. Consistency is maintained via the department's Global Experience Language (GEL), also known as our Design system. Each release requires accessibility testing to ensure we maintain the current WCAG compliance/standards.

Backlog of items

Work on accessibility improvements is managed through epics/stories, these include:

• Review of current pattern library and possible alignment to NSW.GOV’s pattern library
• Review possible move to material design as a potential upgrade for the GEL, currently built on Bootstrap.
• Review current Accessibility Tool
• Identify potential automation for accessible code/upgrades
• Work with Adobe via their Customer Advisory Board (CAB) to improve accessibility of the authoring interface.

Benefits

• Ensure DoE’s Pattern Library maintains the WCAG compliance/standards.
• Uplift accessibility of the authoring interface for Adobe sites

How will success be measured?

• Maintain AA compliance
• SLAs for accessibility issues:
  • Sev 1 - close out within 6 weeks
• Quarterly reporting of accessibility issues
• Aim for a zero complaints rate for accessibility

Key project milestones

• Ongoing: Accessibility Testing Reporting - WCAG compliance/standards
• December 2021: GEL Review – Finding Report
• December 2021: Review current Accessibility Tool
• March 2022: Code automation/process improvement
• December 2022: GEL updates