Sacramento State - First year web report
Estimated difficulty, time and cost to fix cross section websites
- Total number of pages within cross section websites: 8221*
- Total number of pages within cross section websites with errors: 4755*
- Percentage of pages within cross section websites with errors: 58%
- Number of developers responsible for cross section sites: 22
- Percentage of those developers with training/experience in web-development: 80%
- Percentage of those developers with training/experience in web accessibility: 20%
* Estimates are based on AccMonitor report summaries (current as of May 2007)
- Time required to analyze AccMonitor and/or AccVerify/AccRepair statistics per page (assumes web developer is familiar with HiSoftware suite): 2-5 minutes
- Time required to repair pages with errors (assumes reasonably simple fixes such as missing alt-text): 5-10 minutes
- Time required to perform a manual evaluation on a typical content page (assumes web developer is experienced with tools): 10-15 minutes
- Time required to perform a manual evaluation on all pages in cross section (based on a 10 minute evaluation): up to 1,500 hours
- Time required to repair issues discovered during manual evaluations: up to 3,000 hours
The process of repairing the entire cross section of websites at Sacramento State will require the coordinated efforts of at least 22 and as many as 35 web developers. These estimates make assumptions about developer abilities and familiarity with the HiSoftware tools and the manual evaluation process. At this time, it is difficult to make estimates of the time required to evaluate websites by less experienced developers. In addition, we have not factored in the time developers will need to spend in training and become familiar with the various tools. The number of estimated hours to complete this work is enormous, but technologies such as server-side includes, Dreamweaver Templates, and ASP.NET 2.0 Master Pages are likely to make this work considerably easier and less time consuming. When reviewing these numbers, it becomes clear that a CMS or a similar technology needs to be implemented in order to allow for easier management of content and enforcement of accessibility standards.
