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An Electronic Systems Center (ESC) Enterprise - Year 2000 (Y2K) Solutions Day was held at MITRE on Tuesday, April 8, in S Building.
The Y2K problem is approaching, and ESC and MITRE are looking for proven methods, solutions and best practices to address every phase of a successful Y2K project. This is a problem that all MITRE management and staff should be aggressively dealing with for their projects.
This ESC Enterprise meeting brought together the Electronic Systems Center (ESC) and Program Executive Officer (PEO) Air Force (AF) program office members who are responsible for managing the Year 2000 problem, contractors who are responsible for solving the Y2K problem, and technical staff who support the management and/or solution of the Y2K problem. Presenters at the meeting discussed and described:
- Department of Defense and Air Force initiatives and status
- Government and corporate experiences in the Y2K effort
- Economic and system trade-offs required to select solution strategies
- Testing and certification processes and alternatives
- Complex planning for successful testing
- How to capture and predict the real costs of the effort
- Other problems tied to the issue, such as the Global Positioning System, crypto and
telecommunications equipment
In parallel with the meeting and presentations, there were approximately 40 vendor
exhibits in the S-Building atrium. Among them were Y2K tools and service suppliers,
commercial suppliers, and those holding task-oriented contracts. This vendor forum allowed attendees to get information about commercial suppliers product's ability to deal with Y2K and the various Year 2000 tools and service providers, and task order contract holders discussed their offerings.
Y2K Solutions Day Briefings and Presenters
Briefing Abstracts
Air Force Year 2000 Testing and Certification
The process and issues related to Year 2000 compliance certification within the US Air Force. The overall approach, accountability, and auditing mechanisms for completing Year 2000 renovations and fielding.
We Know the Problem, What About Solutions?
How can the century date change happen? How should it happen? What are tools to make it happen? Which are best? For what applications? What are real lessons learned from those that have completed conversions? What is the difference between data expansion, the logic approach, and sliding windows?
Testing for Year 2000 Compliance in the DOD
It is estimated that testing will account for half of the costs to fix the Year 2000 problem. This talk will address the unique challenges of Year 2000 testing and will share solutions being put in place by organizations in this phase. Topics will include creating an isolated testing environment to simulate conditions prior to, during and after the change of the century; conducting regression testing and forward year testing; testing interactions among applications, particularly where data exchanges are involved; determining resources; and identifying testing tools. Testing is a major challenge and preparations for it must be put in place now if your organization is going to survive the Year 2000.
But At What Cost? Analyzing Year 2000 System-of-Systems Costs
It's difficult to estimate the cost of the Y2K Problem before we get into it. Many use dollar rates to calculate a rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate of their organization's potential Y2K costs. These ROM-based estimates do not reflect the actual costs and organizations must quickly move beyond them to detailed cost estimates based on the actual
problems and the planned solutions. This talk takes a look at capturing and predicting the real cost of Y2K.
Sharing and Collaboration for the Year 2000
Most of the attention has focused on legacy software systems and mission-critical applications. Sometimes overlooked is the fact that software drives essential infrastructure systems such as telecommunications, navigation, messaging, security systems, and facilities.
The Millennium Challenge -- Are You Ready?
BankBoston's briefing takes a look at the banking world that works with dates.
Global Positioning System (GPS) and Dates
This briefing provides a quick review of Year 2000 issues with GPS.
Year 2000 Issues in MIL-STD-6040 (USMTF)
This briefing provides a quick discussion on proposals to change the 2-digit year in MIL-STD-6040 to 4-digit years.
Participants/Attendees
Exhibitors
For further information directly related to Year 2000 issues, please contact Year2000@mitre.org
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