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Re: ny reshurtch on time to maintain or what kind of time should be spent on a web site maintenance.

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From: Lucy GRECO
Date: Mar 11, 2022 12:32PM

yes thank you this is perfect


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On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 11:29 AM Rheaume, Geneviève (CHRC/CCDP) <
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> Hi Lucy,
>
> You might want to consult the Nielsen Norman Group which is a leading
> group in web experience based marketing. Of course it's about the user
> experience but I believe that the maintenance of the site whether it's on
> the accessibility or user experience side the work is colossal if only one
> person is assigned to this task. Here under Core Teams:
> https://www.nngroup.com/articles/intranet-design/2020/ you will find a
> calculation of the number of employees you need. Of course, this is only
> for the intranet. It is possible to transpose this simple calculation with
> a website.
> You can probably do a comparison with another organization, perhaps of the
> same size and with a similar mandate, to demonstrate the magnitude of the
> task. In addition, you can show the costs to the organization if the
> websites are not accessible versus obtaining more qualified resources...
> Sometimes this can give senior management pause. In addition, this person
> will need tools and training to do a good job of checking accessibility,
> correcting broken links, etc. This is not to be neglected. It will be up to
> senior management to determine if they are willing to mitigate the risk.
>
> Hope this help a bit,
>
> Gen
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucy GRECO < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 4:00 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] ny reshurtch on time to maintain or what kind of time
> should be spent on a web site maintenance.
>
> Hello
> we are working with a department that is trying to get one person to
> maintain and create all of their web sites. This person currently has 32
> websites they are responsible for and keeps being given more to work on.
> the person does not have an extensive background in accessibility and
> tends to make the same mistakes on every page over and over again. mostly
> dealing with keyboard navigation. We are trying to convince the department
> that having one person do all this work is not appropriate and or
> sustainable. Does anyone know if there is any research on time that should
> be spent on one web site or page for security and maintenance. i.e.
> patching and updating we can come up with the accessibility case just by
> point at the problems but the fact is the department does not understand
> how unsustainable this is and if its coming from us they think we have a
> agenda and are not trying to help thanks lucy
>
>
> Berkeley IT <https://technology.berkeley.edu/home>
>
> Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist
>
> Campus IT Experience
> Phone: (510) 289-6008 | Email: <EMAIL REMOVED> |
> https://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>
> We champion diversity. We act with integrity. We deliver. We innovate.
>
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