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Solving the Year 2000 Software Problem; Creating Blueprints for Success: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, U. ... Fourth Congress, Second Session; May 14, 1996 - Softcover

United States Committee On Science

 
9781333115135: Solving the Year 2000 Software Problem; Creating Blueprints for Success: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, U. ... Fourth Congress, Second Session; May 14, 1996

Synopsis

Understand the Year 2000 software problem and the practical steps experts say can fix it before the millennium. This collection of hearings and testimony explains the risks, strategies, and tools across government and industry.

The book presents the origins and scope of the Year 2000 issue and the filter of expert insight from both public and private sectors. It shows how managers and technical teams approached planning, assessment, and execution to keep date-sensitive systems working through the turn of the century.

  • Learn why two-digit date fields create risk and how leaders framed the problem for action.
  • Explore the mix of managerial and technical solutions discussed by witnesses from agencies and industry.
  • See examples of planning approaches and tools used to inventory, assess, and modernize systems.
  • Understand the role of standardization, funding, and communication in moving projects forward.
Ideal for readers of policy hearings, technology history, and IT planning, this edition helps you grasp the realities of preparing large organizations for date-sensitive challenges.

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