How do we permanently integrate accessibility into our development processes?
In short and in plain language
Accessibility must be a fixed part of the work. It should not come at the very end.
Training for all roles and tests on every code change help with this. Full audits at regular times are also part of it.
It also helps to add accessibility to your rules for finished work. We help you with this.
The key is to anchor accessibility as a fixed part of the process, not as an afterthought. Three measures contribute substantially to this.
First, training for all relevant roles, so accessibility is considered already at the design stage rather than only at testing. Second, automated accessibility tests in the CI/CD pipeline that catch coarse regressions at every commit before they reach production. Third, regular full audits against the WCAG success criteria, at least annually, for all those aspects a rule check alone cannot reliably judge.
It also helps to add acceptance criteria for accessibility to the definition of done. That way it becomes routine. We support you concretely in introducing these processes, more on this under services.