Documentation: determining whether something is a high risk accessibility concern

[dav-idc]

What

Add a flowchart-type set of documentation on the process of determining a

Why

• helps expand on the prioritisation info on the accessibility strategy
• allows more team members beyond the accessibility specialist to carry out an assessment of accessibility risk
• standardises our format for recording accessibility risk in GitHub issues

This is related to a broader epic about adding accessibility documentation to our playbook:

• Add accessibility documentation to Design System Team Docs website govuk-design-system#3077

Who's doing work on this

Accessibility specialist

Who should review

Developers, other team members

Tasks

Beta Give feedback

1. Gather examples of existing assessments
2. Create a template for assessments
3. Write instruction steps for making the assessment
4. Create a flowchart for when to do this risk assessment and when it's not so necessary
5. Write intro and background info, linking to accessibility strategy
6. Send for review by the team

[dav-idc]

This will not be completed by me before I leave GDS 😢

I recommend handing this to the next accessibility specialist.

FYI @kellylee-gds @stevenjmesser