An organization can decide to review all systems components for Year 2000 compliance or, through a risk analysis, identify only mission-critical systems to check for compliance. B.1 Obtain a description of the activities taken to identify and inventory all software and hardware components within the organization. This can include obtaining an inventory of total lines of code for the organization, lines of code with date requirements, the number of application programs, and other valuable statistics. B.2 Determine if the organization has identified which systems are mission critical. Prepare a write-up of your conclusions on whether the organization has adequately addressed assessing its systems.
Remediation is the stage during which changes to systems are actually made.
This stage deals primarily with the technical issues of converting existing systems, or migrating to compliant systems. C.1 Identify the method used by the organization for conversion. Obtain an estimate of percentage of completion to date. Attempt to verify this percentage of completion through interviews with technology staff and review of documentation. Obtain milestones for completing upcoming major tasks.