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SWMLAC Workshop:
Where do we go from
Here?
Marieke Guy
Interoperability Focus
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Future Plans
• How can we progress from the areas we have
covered today?
– Quality Assurance
– Acceptance Testing
– Implementing Best Practices
– Addressing User Issues
– Benchmarking
–…
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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
–…
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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.
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Focus Web toolkit
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<http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/toolkit/web-01/>
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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/>
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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
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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!
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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?
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Questions
• Any questions?
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