Share information about these interrelationships to promulgate a sense of common purpose and the vision that the Year 2000 problem extends beyond industrial classifications or geographic borders. Understanding Concentrate the limited expertise available in coping with systematic, simultaneous system failures as well as the macroeconomic, modeling and related skillsets needed to move the level of Y2K understanding from the anecdotal and imprecise to the practical and highly plausible. The current cacophony on Year 2000 lacks the scientific footing necessary to make rational predictions or to take prudent actions. Much in terms of Y2K related failures will no doubt be repeated around the world. Modeling will allow these failures and ripple effects to be identified, categorized and prioritized, with the attending contingency plans created.
Consistency Create standard checklists for cross-industry utilization.
Understanding the probable points of failure is not enough. Vulnerable populations will need the tools necessary to implement practical contingency plans. While industry groups are at best doing an uneven job of creating such standard checklists for specific industry sectors, no group is looking at the situation from its global economic and commercial perspective. Checklists would serve as a guide to the interdependency of technical systems as well as trading relationships. Education Form regional training centers for contingency planning education.