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Project Dashboard in BarrierBreak A11yNow

The Project Dashboard in BarrierBreak A11yNow provides a centralized, data-rich view of accessibility across a project.
It helps teams understand accessibility health, identify risk areas, and track conformance trends using multiple metrics on a single screen.

The dashboard brings together page coverage, defect scoring, conformance indicators, severity distribution, and WCAG based analysis, enabling informed decision-making for accessibility remediation and long-term improvement.

Dashboard Summary​

At the top of the dashboard, key project-level metrics present an immediate overview of accessibility status.

Total Pages
Displays the total number of pages included in the project.

Fails
Represents accessibility issues that fail automated checks and require remediation.

  • Total Fails

  • Average per Page

Validates
Indicates issues that require further review or confirmation.

  • Total Validates

  • Average per Page

Total Suggestions
Shows advisory recommendations that help enhance accessibility quality beyond failures.
These metrics help teams quickly understand scope and overall accessibility impact.

Issues by Severity​

This section categorizes accessibility issues based on severity level:

• Blocker
• Critical
• Major

The data can be viewed in:

• Chart view for visual comparison
• Table view for exact counts and percentages

This flexibility supports both high-level summaries and detailed analysis, allowing teams to prioritize issues effectively.

Defect Score​

The Defect Score provides a consolidated view of accessibility risk within the project.

• Displayed as a visual gauge
• Classified into Low Risk, Medium, High, and Very High
• Calculated based on issue volume and severity

This score helps teams assess overall accessibility health and identify projects that need immediate attention.

Automated Conformance Score​

The Automated Conformance Score reflects how well the project aligns with global accessibility standards, based on automated testing results.

• Scored on a 0 to 100 scale
• Categorized as Poor, Average, Good, or Excellent

This metric makes accessibility conformance measurable and easier to track over time.

Top Accessibility Failures​

This section highlights the most frequently occurring accessibility failures in the project, such as:

• Links with identical text pointing to different destinations
• Keyboard focus issues
• Missing accessible names
• ARIA-related reference errors

By surfacing common problem areas, teams can address recurring accessibility gaps more efficiently.

Issues by Conformance Level​

Accessibility issues are grouped by conformance level, showing:

• Pass
• Validate
• Fail

This view helps teams understand how issues align with accessibility expectations and supports reporting and internal reviews.
The data is available in both Chart and Table views, depending on the level of detail required.

Issues by WCAG Principle​

This section organizes accessibility issues according to WCAG principles:

• Perceivable
• Operable
• Understandable
• Robust

Each principle displays passed, validated, and failed issues, helping teams identify which foundational areas require more focus.

A11yNow Project Dashboard offers:​

• Multiple analytical views in a single interface
• Risk-based scoring through the Defect Score
• Conformance-focused insights aligned with global standards
• Clear visibility into accessibility trends and issue distribution

By presenting multiple metrics and perspectives together, the dashboard enables teams to review accessibility more effectively and plan remediation with confidence.