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Join the Agile team in June for our interactive webinar! Monica Goel will be discussing Agile Digital Accessibility & Agile.

We will explore how digital accessibility can be seamlessly integrated into Agile methodologies to create inclusive, user-centered digital products. It highlights the critical importance of accessibility as a strategic driver of innovation, customer satisfaction, and market reach.

This webinar provides an overview of key accessibility principles (POUR), the business and ethical case for inclusive design, and global accessibility laws. It then bridges these concepts with Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, and Feature-Driven Development, offering actionable strategies for embedding accessibility into backlogs, sprint planning, testing, team roles, and release cycles.

Through real-world case studies and practical guidance, the presentation demonstrates that accessibility is not a one-time checkbox but a continuous, iterative process—perfectly aligned with Agile values. It advocates for cross-functional collaboration, leadership commitment, and user feedback (especially from people with disabilities) to build products that are both high-performing and inclusive from the start.

Ultimately, the presentation makes the case for cultivating a culture of accessibility in every phase of product development—enabling organizations to meet regulatory standards, reduce risk, and most importantly, deliver exceptional experiences for all users.

Learning Objectives:

• The principles of Digital Accessibility and how they apply across digital spaces.
• Why accessibility benefits everyone, not just people with disabilities.
• Identifying key digital accessibility principles and best practices for inclusive experiences.
• Exploring the business case for accessibility and how it drives innovation and inclusivity
• How Accessibility embedded into Agile methodologies supports iterative and accessible development across every phase of product development.
• The role of integrating accessibility into Agile practices to build inclusive, user-centered solutions that benefit diverse stakeholders across every phase of product development

Monica Goel

Monica is seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience in the information technology space, with a deep and growing focus on accessibility over the past several years. For six years, she led the Digital Accessibility practice at CVS Health, where she built and scaled enterprise-wide accessibility programs, defining standards, policies, and methodologies that empowered teams to deliver inclusive digital experiences for all users.

Monica’s background spans engineering, infrastructure, and security, but her passion lies in transforming the digital landscape through accessibility. In the last six months, she founded Unified Accessibility, a company born from her own experience as an accessibility leader and the pressing need that she felt was necessary for better program visibility and operational control. Unified Accessibility is building the next-generation platform that enables organizations to manage accessibility at scale, offering centralized tracking across portfolios, metrics-driven dashboards, and insights by project, digital asset, and defect category—all in one unified place.

Driven by the belief that accessibility is both a responsibility and an opportunity, she’s committed to bringing the combined power of AI and Human Intelligence to deliver innovative, measurable, and sustainable accessibility outcomes that move the industry forward.

Meeting Agenda

5:50 PM - 6:00 PM - Meeting Opens

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM – Presentation

6:45 PM – 7:00 PM – Summary/Q&A

There are no refunds for this meeting.

PDUs

Those who attend can self-report 1.0 PDU (Ways of Working) – Claim code will be given at the end of the presentation

Meeting Info:

If you are registered for this webinar, you should have received an email from PMINYC Agile on 6/2 with the Zoom link for the meeting. If you did not receive it, please check your Junk/SPAM folders or contact Sheryl Chuang (sheryl.chuang@pminyc.org) to get the link.