FodnessMemo29

When software engineers are discussing a project plan with a client, it is often said that the client can have the project developed quickly, cheaply, or well, and they can pick any two. By and large, this practice holds true. Often, "well" disappears from the list first. The pressures of delivering a software package quickly and cheaply outweigh the desire to have the software developed according to best practices and published standards. Best practices and published standards are the domain of accessibility. Lessig describes four forces that affect behavior: market, legal, architectural, and normative. Without market, legal, or architectural forces to enforce accessibility standards, and with norms of the industry siding with the practice of designing software quickly and cheaply, accessibility is all too often excluded from the design process.