Now back to the real matters at hand.
Is it just me or is everyone starting to see and increase in the amount of news regarding the Year 2000 problem ?
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1996: Yes, there is a problem looming, but it is not that big of a deal.. We may not even be exposed to it, and if we are, we will easily be able to meet the deadline and it won't cost that much to fix it.
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1997: Yes, there is a problem, it may be a big deal, we are exposed to it, the costs are a little more than we thought, but we should be able to meet the deadline and be able to budget properly.
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1998 (Q1 to Q2): Yes there is a BIG problem, we are very exposed to it, the costs are going through the roof, we have not budgeted properly, we will attempt to fix as much of it we can internally and outsource the rest. If everything goes well, we may finish on time.
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1998 (Q3 to Q4): Oh shit!, The problem is bigger than we ever imagined, we are completely exposed and we may go out of business if we don't address it, the costs have gone through the roof and still rising, we have exhausted our budget and we are still not compliant, we failed in the attempted to do some of the work internally, we were not able to keep sufficient staff, yet alone, be able to hire more people to work on the problem, resources can't be found, There is no way we will finish in time....WE NEED HELP!
The activity is starting to increase..... The flood gates are due to open shortly....
stay tuned. |
