We have drawn up a template for final reports from each of the six teams. It is very important that we hand all our work back to Aurora in a form they can continue to support. As I have worked more closely with high level managers and people from a wider section of Aurora, I continue to be impressed by the insight and dedication of most people I meet. They understand the importance of things outside their cube, and they often ask the right question. Those are exactly the skills we think are taught by a sound liberal education.
All problems are political.
That may be a slight exageration, but people with good insight and people skills solve FAR more problems than the technicians. Tomorrow is my last day, so this seems like a good time to wrap up this narrative. The few servers that remain are waiting upgrades or new installs of vendor software. The rest are awaiting vendor deliveries or fixes. Many of the Y2K staff has already left, and only a handful will remain beyond the end of September.