“I took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference.
It always seems impossible until it’s done, and that is what motivates me to work on something that hasn’t been done before. It wasn’t easy bringing the two worlds of DevOps and accessibility to the same page, but we knew it had to be done. I don’t take accessibility for granted mainly because of the life experiences I have had as a person who stutters. Accessibility may vary with perspective; for me email/text is more accessible than a call, but for someone else calling might be more accessible. Thus, my mantra is to develop the product to be accessible to all and only when we consider people from varied backgrounds and experiences as potential end-users of our product can a product become truly accessible.
Thus, to ensure that these perspectives are considered from the very beginning of product development, we envisioned the DevOps Dojo Green Belt for Accessibility. While developing this solution, I evolved at a personal level. I knew that my contribution to this would be a step forward in transforming the mindset of people towards the inclusion of accessibility in technology.
In the end I want to say, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would get an opportunity to work on something this great with such talented, experienced, and kind people! It seems like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I am glad I grabbed it!”
– Deep Mehta (Dojo’s top innovator)
I: Introduction
In the White Belt and Orange Belt, we touched on both IT and business aspects of DevOps. In this Dojo Green Belt for User Experience (UX) & Accessibility, we introduce the Human Centric Design principles to be integrated with DevOps. Thus, this belt is an interdisciplinary area of Business, IT and Human Centric Design in software delivery.
