Accessibility testing For Finance Web application

Case Study

Accessibility Testing of Employee Benefit Application

Client is a leading professional services company

Problem Statement

Client had a benefits and claims application which was to be used by people with special abilities and hence was needed to be assessed against the Accessibility standards WCAG 2.0

Web application for employee benefits and claims

Challenges

Client needed to swiftly verify accessibility of the application as one of its primary end client needed quick deployment.
Client lacked required skill set to provide accessibility validation, till WCAG 2.0 AA level for this application.

1 Accessibility Tester,
1 Auditor
1 Developer

What we did

We performed Accessibility Testing to make the application accessible till WCAG 2.1 AAA conformance Level that covers wide range of reasons users might have difficulty accessing the application
We have used multiple tools (10 different tools) which includes Web Scanners, Assistive technologies and Screen readers to cover maximum accessibility guidelines
To ensure compatibility of application across different platforms, we performed testing on multiple platforms (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS) and multiple browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari)
Our developers provided technical recommendations to the clients to fix the reported issues
With a high number of defects reported, we did Defect Clustering to group similar defects that can be fixed with similar resolution
We have created a WCAG 2.1 guideline checklist in advance to reduce the efforts required to verify the application.

Professional Services

Outcome

No production issues were reported due to the thoroughly verification using an extensive list of tools.
Our Developer’s recommendations fast tracked fixes and eventual roll outs.
Defect Clustering helped in reduction of efforts in fixing the defects.
Quicker testing, almost by 30%, for subsequent releases with the WCAG 2.1 guideline checklist.