Testing for Year 2000 readiness: technical and management issues

Author

Downing, Walter D. ; Hokanson, Jim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Oper., Southwest Res. Inst., San Antonio, TX, USA

Volume

14

Issue

11

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

9

Abstract

The approach of the Year 2000 (Y2K) has called into question the condition of readiness of computer systems upon which organizations depend. Will these systems operate reliably after midnight, January 1, 2000, or will problems associated with date calculations cause failures that adversely affect users? This question has caused organizations to identify their critical systems, test these systems for Y2K problems, and take corrective action where necessary to ensure Y2K readiness. This paper examines various technical and management issues that Southwest Research Institute has dealt with in solving these problems

Keywords

computer testing; data integrity; program testing; software management; software reliability; Southwest Research Institute; Y2K problems; Year 2000 readiness; computer systems; critical systems; failures; management issues; millennium bug; technical issues; Application software; Computer errors; Control systems; Documentation; Embedded computing; Embedded software; Hardware; Personal communication networks; Software performance; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.809194

Filename

809194