US Federal Agencies Follow the Chinese Proverb “KAIZEN” in their Web Designs

The ongoing economic crises between the two powerful nations; USA and China had created what is called the US-China rivalry. This war is based on the trade differences between the two countries.

The war between the two countries is not a recent occurrence, it has been going for years and elevated since recent times when trump placed the trade barriers.
Although the country has been in war with China, it doesn’t stop them from adopting the famous proverb “KAIZEN” that belongs to the Chinese culture.

What does KAIZEN mean?


KAIZEN is a Chinese term that means ‘Continuous Improvement.’ It refers that in any business it is important to continually make improvements in the functions and employees. KAIZEN is essential for success, increasing the profitability and efficacy of any business.

KAIZEN is the policy on which Toyota operates. It ensures that all the product of Toyota is always subjected to improvement according to the demands of the customers.

Use of KAIZEN in the US Web Designs 


General Service Administrations has introduced a new update called the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) maturity model in the Technological Transformative services were launched in 2015.

The purpose of this update is to maintain KAIZEN ‘continuous improvement’ in the web designs of every federal agency. There had been certain guidelines provided to the agencies and it is their responsibility to ensure that these are applied in the web designs. 

Dan Williams, the product lead of US web Design had said that these guidelines are to be followed like the rules of baseball. However, he also said that there is no stringency that all the websites must look alike but rather have the flexibility to adapt according to the specifications of the agency.

This web designing guideline has been used by more than 40 agencies. Two of which are the department of homeland security and the department of human and health services. It has helped in creating an emergency preparedness website for disastrous situations and a Stopbullying.gov website for human and health services.

Ammie Farraj, the head of GSA has proudly announced that this web designing update has received 14 billion sessions and more than 38 billion page views.  Farraj further said that the government agencies are now meet the customer expectations created by the private sector.

even though innovation portfolio director Jacob parcel said that there have been no announced deadlines to follow the compliance Each agency should have the following requirements mentioned in the legislations as GSA could use tools to track if the websites are not complying with the guidelines. The eight requirements are:
  • Accessibility
  • Customization
  • Consistent
  • Mobile friendly
  • Authoritative
  • Searchable
  • 7   Secure
  • User-centered

Overall, this web design update is to ensure that the websites have the flexibility to be improved and can give the users a better experience. So visit our website to get a custom website design. https://www.uptownlogodesign.com/website-design/

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