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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (11899)6/10/1998 10:09:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Respond to of 13949
 
Cap Gemini Y2K Survey - Part 2: Staffing

(4/97, 8/97, 12/97, 3/98); answers in %

Of those with plans in place -- what is your strategy?
Outsource assessment and conversion: 87, 80, 70, 66
Outsource assessment only, convert in-house: 12, 16, 20, 18
Outsource conversion only: 15, 16, 12, 12
Outsource testing to vendor: n/a, n/a, 8, 6
Buy tools and do assessment in-house: 38, 48, 48, 44
Buy tools and do conversion internally: 4, 16, 20, 26
Create an in-house factory: 4, 8, 12, 14

Percent answering "yes" to various staffing issues
Need to increase staff: 45, 60, 72, 75
Easy to find staff: 12, 5, 5, 5
Difficult to find staff: 88, 95, 90, 87
Not possible: n/a, n/a, 5%, 0%

Staff increase areas (3/98)
Project management: 32
Conversion: 46
Testing: 78

Staff rating of Year 2000 work (12/97, 3/98)
1 (boring): 12, 32
2 64, 48
3 20, 18
4 2, 1
5 (exciting): 2, 1

- Jeff



To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (11899)6/10/1998 10:18:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13949
 
Cap Gemini Y2K Survey - Part 3: Experiences and Perception

Status of addressing the Y2K crisis
(% answering "yes" in '96, 4/97, 8/97, 12/97, 3/98)
Systems impact assessed (partial): 84, 90, 90, 95, 99
Systems impact assessed (total): 34, 38, 56, 60, 86
Distributed impact assessed (3/98): 60
Impact on products and services assessed: 35, 38, 48, 50, 62
Business management has raised the issue: 68, 70, 96, 100, 100
High level of direction established: 42, 45, 64, 80, 92
Detailed plan in place: 15, 18, 24, 33, 68
Plan granularity <1 week/task (3/98): 5
Full-fledged strategy begun: 11, 13, 16, 20, 60
Tools purchased: n/a, n/a, 88, 90, 95

Status of addressing the Y2K crisis
(% yes in 3/98)
Formed a specific Y2K program management office: 90
Determined the critical time horizons: 55
Purchased any analytic toolsets: 95
Business accountability for managing the year 2000: 8

Status of addressing Y2K crisis
(% yes in 3/98)
Are you doing business contingency planning: 3

Attitudes in regard to the Y2K crisis
(Response average from 0-10 scale in '96, 4/97, 8/97, 12/97, 3/98)
High priority for my IT organization: 7, 8, 9, 9, 9
High priority for our business management: 5, 5, 7, 8, 9
Conversions must begin now: 8, 9, 9, 9, 9
Conversions must begin in next year: 7, 6, 5, 3, 1
Year 2000 via maintenance: 4, 2, 2, 0, 0
Year 2000 via rewrite: 4, 3, 5, 0, 9
Tools will solve the problem: 3, 2, 3, 2, 2
Primary issue is cost: 5, 3, 2, 2, 1
Primary issue is speed: 7, 9, 9, 9, 9
Primary issue is automation: 5, 9, 9, 9, 9
Primary issue is integrity: 8, 8, 9, 9, 9

- Jeff