To plant tomatoes, all you need is tomato seeds, fertile soil and a spot in your garden with at least six to eight hours of direct sunlight every day. When you plant tomato seeds, you pretty much guarantee that tomato plants will come out.
But once the plant has sprung, you still need to tend to it. You need to control light, the soil and water it gets every day, use appropriate fertilizer and prune it when needed.
This is how you're actually planning to grown good tasty tomatoes.
Accessibility needs constant attention to thrive. You can't just add alt text to your images once and consider your website "accessible." You need to nurture it with every update, every new feature and every piece of content. You need to monitor how people actually use your site and check if what you thought was accessible actually works after each update.
But it all starts with planning.
You wouldn't just dig a hole and drop in tomato seeds. You need to add compost and ensure proper drainage. In accessibility, you need to establish checkpoints in your workflow, set up testing procedures and train your team.
Yes, this groundwork will take time, but it prevents major issues from taking root later when your team, your product and your customer base grow.
Good accessibility planning anticipates growth.