Several Ounces of Prevention: A Postmortem on the Year 2000 Project

Posted June 30, 2000 | Leadership | Leadership |

It's good practice to wrap up a project with a postmortem, a review of what happened, what went well that could be a lesson for the future, and what went badly that needs to be avoided in the future. The Year 2000 project ought to be a particularly good source of lessons that can be applied to any other mass change project with an imposed deadline, such as the changeover to the euro currency in Europe.

About The Author
Patrick OBeirne
Patrick O'Beirne has been managing director of Systems Modelling Limited since 1981. His current focus is spreadsheet systems modeling and auditing services as well as IT consultancy. He is current chair of the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG) and of SoftTest Ireland, and a fellow of the Irish Computer Society. He advised the ECDL Foundation on the content of a syllabus for a new certification in good spreadsheet practices.… Read More
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