Managing 00: Surviving the Year 2000 Computing Crisis (Wiley Computer Publishing)

By Richard Bergeon and Peter De Jager

Time is running out. If you haven't begun to fix your Year 2000 problem yet, you are playing catch-up. Thousands of companies have already awakened from denial and started on the path to a solution. The bad news is, we have a universal computing emergency that needs to be addressed now. January 1, 2000 is an utterly unforgiving deadline that cannot be extended. The good news is that there is something you can do about it. The technical know-how exists and all of the tools are available to you today. In fact, you're holding one of the most important tools in your hands right now. Written by the original prophet of the Year 2000 crisis and the editor of the premier Year 2000 bulletin, the Millennium Journal, this book explains exactly what the problem is, why it's so complex, and what the implications are to the organization. Peter de Jager and Richard Bergeon help you develop a strategy to prepare for and protect yourself from the far-reaching ramifications of 00. Espousing the view that the situation is much more of a management challenge than a technical one, this valuable guide thoroughly covers important cost-control issues and gives you practical ways to set up efficient solutions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047117937X
• ISBN13: 9780471179375
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Lisa J. Downey

While I am a Year 2000 Project manager, I found this book interesting. It is a helpful guide to determine if the project is equipped with the appropriate staff to support those changes required to complete a year 2000 project. This is good reading for business managers and CIOs to help them understand what is required to staff the project adequately so that daily tracking and progress management can be delivered on a regular basis - esp. what with all the legal implications being forewarned about companies who have not started to address the century shift. I encourage the business managers worried with Year 2000 to pick this up if they haven't already

Destined to be a classic...

This is an excellent book that every computer professional should keep on their desk for the next several years. It is inspirational as well as informative, and it should be read seriously by anyone who has an honest desire to get a basic understanding of the Year 2000 computing problems, regardless of whether they have an inclination to accept the problem or not. This book helps to dispell the myths and focuses on the realities as well as opportunities related to this problem. Peter and Richard are the original Year 2000 experts and should be given a Nobel prize for bringing this problem to the attention of industry experts such as Gartner Group, and the U.S. Congress GAO and OMB. This book helps to prepare the reader for the fact that this little two-byte problem could have enormous consequences, and there will probably be some disasterous results if there are not enough programmers who care to volunteer for this Mission Impossible to be able to do all of the work that needs to be done. This book should be a starting point for Year 2000 awareness for the programmer or business executive who can't personally attend a Y2K seminar, but should be followed by one of the detailed technical solutions book such as those by Dr. Keith Jones and Dr. Leon Kappelman. All in all, this is the book you need to read first if you really want to understand what this problem is all about, and care about what happens to the rest of the world outside the four walls you live and work in