Process
Accessibility audit methodology built for evidence and follow-through
Every engagement is structured to help teams understand scope, validate risk, and move findings into implementation without ambiguity.
Key steps
From scoping to closure evidence
Each stage is designed to improve decision quality for compliance, product, design, engineering, and QA stakeholders.
- 01
Discovery and scope definition
Define products, user roles, priority journeys, documents, access needs, timelines, and report expectations before testing starts.
- 02
Benchmark alignment
Confirm whether WCAG, IS 17802, GIGW, Section 508, EN 301 549, or a client governance framework applies to the scope.
- 03
Automated baseline scan
Run controlled scans to catch detectable failures such as missing names, contrast issues, parsing defects, and structural gaps.
- 04
Manual expert review
Validate real interaction behavior across forms, modals, navigation, ARIA patterns, dynamic states, and responsive layouts.
- 05
Keyboard-only testing
Check focus order, visible focus, skip paths, traps, menus, dialogs, and task completion without a mouse.
- 06
Screen-reader testing
Review labels, announcements, landmarks, headings, error messages, state changes, and reading order with assistive technology.
- 07
Critical journey validation
Test high-risk flows such as login, onboarding, checkout, KYC, search, forms, dashboards, and document access where scoped.
This process is typically applied across website accessibility audits, standards-mapped compliance reviews, and engagements that require a decision-ready audit report.
Engagement
Get an audit scope recommendation
Share the product, standards, deadlines, and report expectations. IAAP Audit will outline a practical review approach and next steps.