Scope and Description (Include services and complexity)
Re-design of Vision Australia Website, integrating the principles of Design System and accessible page builder on a multi-site environment. For this project we have scoped and delivered a unique design system for Vision Australia, allowing their marketing team to utilise pre-approved (WCAG compliant) template components to produce quick and on brand website content and marketing campaigns.
Successes / value add / lessons learnt relevant to this contract
Successes
The biggest success was the trusting partnership we developed right from the beginning. Vision Australia’s extensive technical team on the project put their trust in us and we respected and valued this trust. Our solution was customised for our client’s specific requirements, which exceeded all of their expectations.
Since commencing this project, we have scoped and delivered a unique design system for Vision Australia, allowing their marketing team to utilise pre-approved template components to produce quick and on brand website content and marketing campaigns.
This platform brings accessibility and eCommerce together in a seamless, beautiful and dynamic way that has resulted in an elegant solution. Michael and the team at Vision Australia are highly satisfied with the platform we have delivered and the interactions with everyone on our team allowing us to develop a genuine partnership that delivered:
- Increased sales revenue by 30% in the first 6 weeks post deployment.
- An accessible workplace
Value Adds
The value of undertaking a detailed scoping workshop before finalising the technical approach ensured that we not only met the brief of Vision Australia’s online shop; but were able to deliver solutions that had not been previously considered or thought achievable.
Communication is key. With our dedicated communication channels and regular meetings, neither we nor our stakeholders were left wondering how things were going or where we were at in the project.
We deployed experienced Magento and UI developers and testers who were experienced with WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Our team converted Figma designs into a fully accessible ecommerce platform. Our testing team played a major role in ensuring that the project was delivered hassle free and exceeding our client’s expectations.
Lessons Learnt
Web accessibility was a cornerstone requirement for the development of this platform, and we have gained valuable experience and learnings from working together with Vision Australia’s accessibility team to deliver their online shop.
We learned so much working on this project and even when hurdles came along, our clients’ trust in us never wavered and we worked together as a team to identify the issue, the root cause and the best solution to address the issue.
Working with Vision Australia was a pivotal project delivery engagement for our business, as it really allowed our team of professionals to really shine and showcase our breadth of expertise. We proved to ourselves and our clients that even when we’re under pressure with workloads, timeframes and unexpected issues arise that we band together to get the job done, continue to provide the very best communication and customer service and deliver on a project as we committed to. This project is something that as a team we are very proud of. We are grateful to have been given the opportunity to showcase our expertise and talents with complex projects and set a collaborative approach and performance benchmark going forward.
Summary of OHS performance
There have been no workplace accidents or incidents that would warrant an escalation to a third party. We worked in conjunction with the Victorian Government with relation to Covid-19 regulations and keeping our staff and customers safe.