AX and DevOps

In order to adapt to a continuous delivery in DevOps, AX testing needs to be considered in the early phases of the project. The scope of accessibility testing should be finalized in the design phase, and the test strategy should be finalized after this. The tools that can support this should also be considered early in the life cycle. Refer to the following diagram:

It is generally not possible to automate all the accessibility test cases. Even the best automated accessibility testing can only verify 25% of WCAG checkpoints and even then, the results are assessed manually. In order to build automated accessibility tests in a continuous integration test suite, only tests that are 100% objective need to be included. Covering 10% of WCAG checkpoints is considered good while automating AX testing.