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SWMLAC Workshop: Where do we go from Here? Marieke Guy Interoperability Focus. UKOLN is supported by:. www.bath.ac.uk. Future Plans. How can we progress from the areas we have covered today? Quality Assurance Acceptance Testing Implementing Best Practices Addressing User Issues

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  1. SWMLAC Workshop: Where do we go from Here? Marieke Guy Interoperability Focus UKOLN is supported by: www.bath.ac.uk

  2. Future Plans • How can we progress from the areas we have covered today? • Quality Assurance • Acceptance Testing • Implementing Best Practices • Addressing User Issues • Benchmarking • …

  3. Quality Assurance • Embedding QA in your work: • You can develop and implementation quality assurance procedures for your Web sites • You can share quality assurance procedures, experiences, etc. with your peers • …

  4. Acceptance Procedures • The testing tools used could form part of the formal acceptance procedures for Web sites you procure • Requirements • Web site must comply with HTML and CSS standards and WAI guidelines. • Has It Been Done? • Sure, no problem • Here are the results of the automated compliance checking tests. You can run them for yourselves. And here are the results of the user testing for usability and accessibility. The QA Focus Web toolkit <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/toolkit/web-01/>

  5. Addressing User Issues • You should be aware that automated tools will not guarantee that a Web site is: • Useable  Accessible • Functional  … • There will still be a need for user testing • You should consider: • Systematic usability and accessibility testing • Formal procedures • It need not be expensive “5 people will spot 90% of the problems” • See <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/>

  6. Benchmarking • We have seen: • Use of benchmarking across your Web sites • Issues: • Can we apply the approach for ourselves? • Can someone else continue to do this? • Can we compare approaches more widely across the museums sector

  7. Personal Action Plan • Useful to list the actions you intend to carry out when you return to work • This can include: • Your own personal actions • Recommendations for your department • Recommendations for your organisation • Please fill out your plan before you go!

  8. What Next? You Say… • So, could the resources we have looked at today be of use? • Is the QA Focus methodology applicable to your Web site? Is it applicable to your sector? • What additional areas would you find it useful to look at? • Do you have any ideas you would like to share?

  9. Questions • Any questions?

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