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To: John Mansfield who wrote (15681)4/30/1998 6:19:00 AM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 31646
 
Florida Power and Light'

'Assessment 79% complete, renovation 17% complete

Replace

Applications being replaced to improve functionality will include Year
2000 compliance in design and development
Examples:Trouble Call Management System, Revenue Facilities
Management System, General Accounting.

Renovate

By outsourcing to service providers/consultants/experts, corporate
systems staff, local business unit staff, or vendors of application
software
Procurement systems, inter-utility billing systems, some financial
systems, load management system
Customer information and billing system
Power plant maintenance systems in both nuclear and fossil
generation business units
Payroll system, Inventory systems

Retire

Remove applications no longer used

Expect to complete in 1998 except for some replacements carrying into 1999
_____

Embedded systems:

' Assessment 14% complete, renovation 1% complete

Methodology

Generate inventory from internal systems and walkdowns
In parallel, obtain Y2K statements from vendors
Match inventory to vendor statements
For Y2K compliant, prepare/execute test plan
For Y2K non-compliant, prepare/execute plan to fix and test

Selectively use service providers/consultants/experts to assist

Power plant inventories and system component testing
Assessment for power delivery, distribution and telecommunication
Nuclear embedded system component testing

Renovation work dependent on outages will continue into 1999

fpl.com



To: John Mansfield who wrote (15681)4/30/1998 10:16:00 AM
From: Jack Zahran  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 31646
 
John, thanks for all your hard work on the TAVA thread. I am really impressed with your commitment and consistency. I always look forward to reading your posts.

Regards,
Jack Zahran