The purpose of this page is to provide a beginning reference for those who are working
on the Year 2000 Problem. Many web pages exist on the topic. The intent of this page is to
list technical and management information for those who are working directly at fixing the
problem. Others, listed in the first section of links, are doing an excellent job of
collecting information on why we are where we are, what will happen if we don't fix it,
and all of the implications of the problem on society, business, and the world. They also
do a great job of listing vendors and their products and services. I do not wish to
duplicate that information. Instead I hope that this will grow into a reference for What
To Do About It and How To Do It.
Please let me know of any pertinent links you find. Please contribute your perspectives
to this page and help us find answers to the problem. To submit a URL or a good idea (is
there any other kind?), please send me a note.
This page is growing and some of the best links have been contributed by readers. Thanks
to everyone who has contributed and please keep this page in mind when you come upon a
good resource.
Note: Dates in red are the date that the link was added or
modified (mm-dd-yyyy)
Quick Links
These sites offer a broad overview of Year 2000 Issues, lists of tools and services
vendors, and a wealth of information concerning Year 2000 economic, business, and legal
perspectives. Start here if you are new to the topic or if you seek background information
to convince others of the problem.
- The Federal Trade Commission Consumer Web Site
has a wealth of information.07-21-1999
The Year 2000 Information Center
- Year 2000 Information Network
The Year 2000 Support Centre 04-18-1998
The Antidote Magazine 05-11-1999
Canadian Y2K Web Page 03-16-1999
The World Bank Group Year 2000 Pages has pages in several languages. 07-10-1998
The Year 2000 Journal has numerous articles written by
experts in the field. 04-18-1998
- NEW MILLENIUM: THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM:
PEOPLE, PROGRAMS, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Hot List of Y2K Links includes law
links 12-31-1998
- Year 2000 Date Problem - Support Centre
- part of The Computer Information Centre
- Com.Links Magazine
- Jerry S. Odum's Year 2000 Info Page
Y2K Run Site 03-16-1999
- Dr.Kappelman
- The Year 2000 Problem
- STSC Reengineering Group
- Pirkle and Associates
Cinderella Web Site --- Mailing List and
Usenet Archives avilable here
- Bill Cook's Y2K Resource Links
Touring Texas Y2K Page 01-07-1999
Essential Links 01-24-1999
- Unisys
- MITRE Year 2000 for the Electronic Systems
Center
- Yahoo Year
2000 Full Coverage Page
- THE NATIONAL BULLETIN BOARD FOR YEAR 2000
- IT Policy OnRamp
- IBM Year 2000 Technical Center
- Another Bookmark Page by
I.T. Works bvba, Belgium and also see this Index
of Bookmarks
- Larry Towner's Year 2000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2K Times - Lots of links
including a section on Legal
Issues
Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
- Goal 2000 Web Page
- Year2000 New Zealand
Y2KLinks
Gary North's Y2K Links and Forums
Articles for Small Business
are provided by Millennium Plus
- Westergaard Year 2000
- PA News Centre
- Rx 2000 Solutions Institute -
A clearing house for Health Care Y2K problems
The Cassandra Project - "It
was Cassandra's curse to always speak the truth and never be believed"
CSSA Year 2000 Information
Service - Lots of Links from CSSA
- Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center Year 2000 Resources Page
Y2know.com 04-27-1999
University of Kentucky Chandler
Medical Center's Year 2000 Project Management Office (PMO)
04-14-1998
Legal Topics
- McKenna and Cuneo, L.L.P.
Y2K Practice has papers on legal issues
Y2K Legal Articles from LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P. include numerous
references
Legal and Management Information is on Year 2000.com
- www.2000legal.com from Cosgrove, Eisenberg &
Kiley, P.C. has articles and extensive links
Steven Brower's Legal Page 01-24-1999
Thelen, Marrin, Johnson &
Bridges LLP - Articles concerning legal issues
2K Times - Lots of links
including a section on Legal
Issues
The Year 2000 Legal Site is a part of the Cyberlaw Encyclopedia 05-03-1998
The Culpepper OnLine: Y2K Legal
Update 07-20-1998
Public Citizen Y2K
Web Site 04-17-1999
Financial Topics
- Industry
Analysis, and an Update, are
published by J.P. Morgan
- YEAR 2000 RECESSION? is from Dr. Yardeni (Deutsche Morgan Grenfell - North America)
The Millenium Challenge is from the Merrill Lynch Forum
- Small Business
An Excellent Guide for
Small Business is provided by the Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco
Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility have a survival guide for Small Business
Year 2000 and Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises 04-28-1998
Prudential
Insurance's Y2K guide for Small Business 06-02-1998
Dave Hall in the SIM International Discussion Site
reported that the US Department of Commerce has
developed and released an excellent video entitled "Preparing for the Challenge
-Y2K" You can order (free of charge) copies from 1-800-Y2K-7557 or by writing to the
following address:
Y2K Outreach Program
US Department of Commerce
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
Pages in Other Countries
Readers - If you know of some useful pages in your country or in
languages other than English, please contribute links for this listing -
Year 2000 is coming in every country of the world! You can be sure many people will
appreciate them. Thanks.
Banco de México (Central Bank of Mexico) has
a Year 2000 Page
(Spanish)
Icelandic Minister of Finance and another page from Iceland 11-19-98
Norway's Year 2000 Page 11-19-98
Government of Lithuania and a private Lithuanian page
12-22-1998
Dutch Government Year 2000 Platform and Healthcare Year 2000 Platform
Dutch Instrument Society
A Training and enterprise council in WALES
UK has a very nice compliance database in English and Welsh 09-15-1998
Swedish Year 2000 Web Page with an emphasis on
Medical Equipment is also available in English
German Year 2000 Page
Swiss Year 2000 Page
03-16-1999
Das Jahr 2000 Problem und Lösungen
08-15-1999
Das Jahr-2000-Problem: Brunners
Tagebuch 07-20-1998
Time Bomb 2000 (Germany) 03-16-1999
Malaysia Government Site and Another Site in Malaysia 07-10-1998
The Singapore National Computer
Board 08-19-1998
Government of Hong Kong Year 2000 site 08-01-1998
Links to Government Websites are
provided by the United Nations Year 2000 08-14-1998
France's government web
site 09-15-1998
Tunisia's government site
09-15-1998
The World Bank Year 2000 Site has
information in many langauages 08-14-1998
World Government Links are
provided by the Year 2000 Information
Service 01-27-1999
Y2K for Developing Countries
includes Y2K and GPS information 10-25-1999
Industries, Organizations, and Consortia
Working together is the best way to solve many Year 2000 problems. Here are industry
organizations and consortia who are working to solve the problem.
North American Electric Reliability
Council (NERC) Year 2000 Website details plans for keeping the lights on for New
Year's Eve. 08-14-1998
NERC has published a report to
the USDOE on Readiness of the Electrical System 01-12-1998
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has Year 2000 information for Agriculture 08-19-1998
The Food Supply Working Group (USDA) is working to prevent any disruption in the food
supply chain. 08-19-1998
Regulatory Agencies and Regulations
Regulatory agencies are increasingly addressing the Year 2000 problem. Below are listed
agencies which have web pages discussing regulatory actions and approaches. Note that the
main site is included in each of these listings. Most sites have search capabilities which
provide extensive information. Please contribute links to this section - I am sure
there are many more.
- US Government
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health
of the FDA has Year 2000 Impact on BioMedical
Equipment.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
published a white paper.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has published
financial institution examination documents
The Federal Reserve Board has Year 2000 Century Date Change Initiatives
The Securities and Exchange Commission published Disclosure by Public Companies ...
Regarding the Year 2000 Issue 08-14-1998
Searching the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for "year 2000"
yields a considerable list of documents and memoranda
The US Federal Communications Commission has
links for Broadcasters and Telecommunications 06-02-1998
The National Science
Foundation requires that research projects to be unaffected 07-01-1998.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has a Y2K page. 10-13-1998
Other
McKenna and Cuneo, L.L.P.
Y2K Practice has papers on
various US government Y2K regulations
Training / Education / Awareness
Training, education, and awareness are critical in any Year 2000 endeavor. Users,
managers, and people all over the company require information on what is happening, what
will happen, and what they need to do. References for supporting materials are listed
here.
Year 2000 Information Service - Awareness Help
File available for download
y2kclock.zip - My own Public Domain Adjustable Countdown Clock
for Windows -- If you use it, please send me a note
So,
You're a University Researcher - Just In Case You Thought You Were Exempt!
Year 2000 for the Lay Person has a long
article and lots of links. 09-15-1998
Year 2000 Cartoons are provided free of charge
by the COSMOS Group 05-04-1998
Awareness Presentaion 04-17-1999
Product Compliance
One of the most surprising aspects of the Year 2000 problem is the fact that current
software products will not necessarily work in the 21st century. Surveys of common PC,
midrange, and mainframe products are available here.
- DISA Year 2000 COTS
Product Compliance Catalog
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) has published compliance information on 129,000 products. 09-20-1998
- Dutch Compliance Information Site 04-17-1999
WAN Hardware
compliance information from Alliance Data 04-17-1999
Y2K compliance of GNU programs is available in 1999/2000 status with GNU software 01-29-1999
The Government of Canada has
published a compliance database 09-25-1998
Will It Work provides a free compliance listing 10-13-1998
Public Building Service Year 2000
Vendor Product Database is from the US General
Services Administration
- The Year 2000 Date Problem -
Support Centre
- Year 2000 Project- Surveys State of Washington 07-09-1998
- State of Florida Compliance Page
- an extensive list of references for products
A Training and enterprise council in WALES
UK has a very nice compliance database in English and Welsh 09-15-1998
- AuditServe, Inc. - Year 2000 System
Readiness
- DISC PD2000-1 A Definition of Year
2000 Conformity Requirements
- Society of Information Technology
Management - Compliance Register
- Microsoft's Year
2000 Resource Center - provides an Extensive Product
Guide detailing compliance information 04-17-1998
DEC Open
VMS Position Statement See Also DIGITAL OpenVMS(tm) Delta-Time
Limit Notification Letter re: the four day digit days counter
- Federal COTS Compliance Listing - A very long
listing of products and their compliance status
- SUN Year 2000 Information
- IBM Desktop Systems Capable of
Year 2000 Rollover
- Year
2000 PC LAN Tools and Tips - from CIBC Year 2000 Technology Services - Search
www.year2000.com for CIBC to find this useful summary of compliance information.
- Province of British Columbia, Canada
Cinderella Web Site - Test Results for DOS,
Windows 3.1, OS/2, NT4, and PC Applications
The Computer Information Centre has lots of compliance references including some
for embedded systems
PCTechnologies has a PC compliance database
and useful documents 08-03-1998
Y2KBase has a consumer Y2K compliance
database 04-28-1999
Linux / Open Source Software Compliance 09-22-1998
These links were contributed by readers of slashdot.org
Linux in the Year
2000 is published by Linux Online! 09-22-1998
1999/2000 status with GNU
software 09-22-1998
GNU Software in the Year 2000 09-23-1998
Debian and the Millennium Bug 09-23-1998
Linux and Year 2000 (Y2K) 09-22-1998
Y2K compliance of GNU programs is available in 1999/2000 status with GNU software 01-29-1999
Corporate Compliance Statements
These are links to statements of corporate compliance - i.e. is the company (not the
product) ready for Y2K?
The Year 2000 Registry has a database of
company compliance statements. 10-13-1998
Vendor Contracts
Now that we all understand the seriousness of software date problems, how do we assure
that new products we purchase or contract are compliant?
- Additional Year 2000 Reference
Information
- Year2000 Compliance
- Recommended Year 2000
Contract Language
- Year 2000 Warranty
- Year 2000 Compliance Agreement
- Defining Compliance
- Federal Acquisition
Regulation; Year 2000 Compliance
Contingency Planning
Contingency Planning is an important part of preparations for Year 2000 problems. This
section includes both business and community preparedness resources. It does NOT
include survivalist links because in my opinion we either succeed or fail in this Together.
And, as always, it does not include commercial links. Please submit your commercial links
to pages that have advertising.. They and all of us will benefit from your supporting
those pages.. 12-07-1998
Contingency Planning Links
are provided by W.P Internet 12-02-1998
Y2K Citizen's Action Guide 12-07-1998
Ontario Year 2000 (Canada
) Resource Site by Gary Allan Halonen 12-07-1998
Year 2000 Preparations as
recommended by the American Red Cross 12-31-1998
Federal Emergency Management Agency has Adult and Children's
Y2K information 01-07-1999
Mitre has Contingency Planning Best Practices in HTML and
MS WORD formats.
04-17-1999
The US GSA has Contingency
Planning Information 04-17-1999
Preparedness for Towns and Cities
from FEMA 04-27-1999
Important Information on Fuel and Water from the US Navy 04-27-1999
Emergency.Com has numerous emergency
resources 04-27-1999
Consequence
Management from the Dept. of the Navy CIO 04-27-1999
Best Practices / Criteria / Standards
One of the most efficient means for assuring progress is to apply the experience of
others to your problem. Here are some approaches that have been or are being used to
address the problem. We can hope this list will grow to help the many groups working on
this problem.
- GTE Criteria
DISC PD2000-1 A Definition of Year 2000
Conformity Requirements
A Year 2000
Readiness Checklist is published by the Software
Engineering Institute 12-31-1998
Guidelines from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association and
other Resources
Embedded Systems
and Desktop Process Guides from the State of
California 11-25-1998
Excellent Sample Documents
from the Nuclear Energy Instititute 06-16-1998
Y2K Audit Information
from the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
- Best Practices for all Y2K Project Phases
are available from the US General Services Administration
(GSA)
Year 2000 Computing Crisis: An
Assessment Guide, General Accounting Office Report GAO/AIMD-10.1.14, February 1997.
An Excellent Product Compliance Questionaire
is available from the Information Technology Association of
America
- A Sample Discovery Phase Document from Data
Directions
- Year 2000 Best
Practices Handbook from the Minnesota Year 2000 site
includes Embedded
Systems
- MITRE Compliance
References - A useful checklist for exit criteria is available here
- Dealing with Dates:
Solutions for the Year 2000 - Also see useful links at the end of this article
- TEST ASSERTIONS FOR DATE AND TIME
FUNCTIONS from NIST's Year 2000 Web Page
SIM International Year 2000 Working Group Best Practices
Website
Review John Stockton's List of Critical Dates and other Date
Information to see if any apply to your systems.
A Contingency Planning
Document is available from the State of Texas
- A Year 2000 Action Plan
Document is available from the US Department
of the Navy CIO
- U.S. Army Materiel Command
Infrastructure Project 07-01-1998
Understand Your Supply Chain's Impact
on your business with this document from orgnet.com 08-27-1998
Building Owners and Managers Association
International has an excellent checklist
for buildings. 04-17-1999
Program and Project Management
Common wisdom states that the Year 2000 problem is primarily a project management
problem. This section lists an excellent reference on program management. In particular,
the Project Breathalyzer book offers excellent
criteria to judge whether your plans are real enough to deliver results on time.
- DepartmentOf Navy Software Program Managers Network - has
lots of information and an excellent project summary utility for download.
- Sixth Edition of the
Customer Guidance Paper
- Year
2000—Taking Control
- The Project Management Body of
Knowlege is available from the Project Management
Institute (PMI)
- A Financial
Lending Application Case Study
- HCL James Martin, Inc - Downloadable
Templates (MS Project) for Y2K Projects
Configuration / Code Management
Informal configuration and code management have served adequately in the past. Now,
contemplating revisiting all the code in our libraries, we must consider how we will
maintain the code, documentation, and test cases so that we can minimize lost time and
mistakes.
- HoneywellInc. IAC - Config. Mgmt.
- Institute of Configuration Management
- Code Asset Management/Program
Change Control Standardized Workplan
Governmental Agencies
Government agencies face much the same problem as private companies. These excellent
references have resulted from efforts of the US and Canadian agencies. These pages offer
many references to the efforts of various government agencies.
- Links to 47 US State
Governments 12-22-1998
AirForce Public Y2K
Homepage
US Department of the Navy CIO
The United States Information Agency
08-14-1998
- Statement of Hearing Testimony
(19970320)
- HQSSG Year 2000 (Y2K) Home Page
Headquarters Standard Systems Group (HQ SSG/SSFP)
- MITRE/ESCYear 2000 Homepage
- http://www.nist.gov/itl/div879/yr2000.htm
- Year 2000 Information
Directory - An excellent reference from the U.S. General Services Administration
- Washington State Year 2000 Project
- Province of British Columbia, Canada
- State of Oregon Year 2000
- MinnesotaYear 2000 Project
- CaliforniaDept. of Information Technology Project 2000
- New York State Government
- STSC Reengineering Group
State of Texas Year 2000 Working Group
- State of Florida Year 2000 Task Force
Y2K Solutions - See their listing of university links
Government of Canada 09-25-1998
State of Wisconsin Y2K Clearing House 04-28-1999
State of Maryland 12-02-1998
Montgomery County, Maryland 12-02-1998
Discussion and FAQs
Here are some discussions on pertinent topics for those working on the Year 2000
problem.
- Year 2000 FAQ
A FAQ, mostly on PC's, is published
by Survive-2000
Year 2000 Impact on
Stock Market and Society is on The Silicon
Investor
- CIO'sFeature Forum: Year 2000
Tipmaster has a discussion forum 09-15--1998
- Year 2000
- Usenet: comp.software.year-2000
- Usenet: comp.software.testing
- Usenet: comp.software.config-mgmt
- Usenet: comp.risks
- SIM International Year 2000 Working Group Best Practices
Conference
- General Year2000
Discussion - Hosted by Year 2000 Information Network
Software Utilities / Diagnostics /
Fixes
Countdown Clocks and Screensavers
y2kclock.zip - My own Public Domain Adjustable Countdown
for Windows -- If you use it, please send me a note
Y2K Screensaver
Screen Saver and Evaluation Copy of Impact
Analysis Software
Cinderella Web Site - Another Year 2000
Countdown available in FTP Section
Gamelan - Search the Gamelan web site for
"countdown" to find several Java applets
Millenium Times Europe - A freeware
screen saver
Marco Software T-Minus - A countdown clock
and calendar
The Millenium Meltdown Clock from Ringwood Software is a neat JavaScript implementation
for browsers
A Y2K Screen-Saver is
available from Y2KSavers.com
08-01-1998
BIOS and other utilities
Y2K Compliant
PC Internal Clock and BIOS - Read this from mitre.org before testing or fixing
your BIOS
RighTime - Fix your PC Clock (BIOS)
HOLMESFX, The Year 2000
PC Correction Program -A Public Domain Bios Fix
NSTL has a BIOS and Real Time Clock (YMARK2000) to
test the clock hardware
US Naval Observatory Time - Just the thing
to make sure your countdown is accurate - Exact GMT Time
General Technical Information
The Year 2000:
Technical Considerations
IBM Year 2000 Technical Center
Search
current Usenet articles for Year 2000
Year 2000 and ISO 8601 - Date
Standards information and Dates for Ham Radio 09-15-1998
Tools and Techniques
Below are listed some tools and techniques for solving the Year 2000 problem. I hope
this area can grow as more information is shared among those working on the problem.
General
Year 2000 Toolbox - A well
organized and very useful resource
The Use of Program
Profiling for Software Maintenance with Applications to the Year 2000 Problem
Tools
Evaluations
STSC Reengineering Group
Year2000 Buyers Guide
Year 2000 Inventory Management - Demo Inventory
Program
- PC and Distributed Systems
The Macnologist Web Page has Macintosh Y2K
Information 02-10-1999
Advanced
Microsoft Visual Basic 5 discusses Year 2000 problems in VB
What is the Year 2000 Problem and How Does It Affect VB?
- Year 2000 problems in C
- Greenwich Mean Time
has a FAQ on PC Compliance
Issues
Cobol Scanning Tool for Win32, Linux, and Next
(Freeware) 01-24-1999
DateSpy - Find date references in Excel
Spreadsheets
Datefind - Trial version date finder for
databases and spreadsheets from Advanced System
Technologies Ltd
NIST has utilities for code inspection,
questionaires for assessment, and a slicer for Unix X Windows programs
Source Code Scanners for Win
95/ NT and Multiplatform (Java) are provided by World Wide Creations 08-01-1998
Mainframe
DFSORT Year 2000
and DFSORT/VSE Year
2000
Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board Solution - Look at this for some ideas
Embedded Systems / Process Control
/ Manufacturing / Controls
Computers are everywhere. This section lists information on other computer-based
systems that may have date problems.
- Awareness
Many Embedded Systems
Links are provided by the World Bank Year 2000 Site 08-14-1998
Embedded
Systems are a topic included in a Washington
Post - Year 2000
Series 08-14-1998
- Year 2000 Risks: What Are the
Consequences of Technology Failure? - Testimony before US House
The Year 2000 and Embedded Systems
is on The Year 2000 Information Center
GPS Article from US Naval
Observatory
USNO Global Positioning System
Information - The official source for information re: GPS
Countdown to 2000 is
published by the Instrument Society of America
The Millennium comes early
to GPS
Utility Year 2000.
Year 2000 Issues for Embedded Systems
- from the Electric Power Research Institute.
See results of Embedded Systems Workshop - also
from the Electric Power Research Institute.
- Year 2000 may hold
embedded time bomb is on TechWeb.
- Year
2000 Issues In Industrial Applications is on the Wonderware Corporation site
Embedded systems and the
Year 2000 is provided by The Federation
Of The Electronics Industry
New Y2K Threat:
Embedded Systems from the Wired web site.02-11-1998
The Telecommunications Manager's
Association has telephone information 3-15-1998
The Ship2000
Website discusses systems aboard ships 5-27-1998
Industry Wakes Up
to the Year 2000 Menace from Fortune Magazine 07-10-1998
Embedded Systems Links from British Columbia, CA 07-10-1998
Y2k@my has lots of embedded systems links 07-10-1998
Many Real-Life Examples
of Embedded Systems Failure are maintained by Granite
Consulting 07-10-1998
The SME Global Manufacturing Website (free
registration) has my article "Plant Floor Systems and the Year 2000 Bug".
Register and then navigate to Magazines and to the January, 1988 Issue of Manufacturing
Engineering Magazine
Best Practices and Standards
The Millenium Problem in Embedded Systems
- Text of IEE Guidance Notes for embedded systems. 01-18-1998
SIM's Infrastructure, PC's and Embedded
Systems discussion has GM Year 2000 Test Procedures
Embedded Systems
and Desktop Process Guides from the State of
California 11-25-1998
Best Practices from Rick Cowles' Y2K Pages 07-10-1998
The Automotive Industry Action Group
has posted Manufacturing and embedded systems
Test Procedures 02-20-1998
Review John Stockton's List of Critical Dates and other Date
Information to see if any apply to your systems. 03-14-1998
Consider Cargill's approach
to embedded systems as published by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 08-19-1998
Making
embedded systems year 2000 compliant by Dick Lefkon 08-27-1998
- Sematech has
testing standards and excellent references for embedded systems 08-27-1998
Technical Information
SCADA and The Year 2000 is a
White Paper published by Boward Computer Services
GSA Telecommunications Y2K Compliance site has a
FAQ.
- www.scadas.com has extensive control systems
information and links
IndustryLink has links to many controls
organizations and vendors
Automotive Industry Action Group has an ongoing Year
2000 Project Team
NSTL has a BIOS and Real Time Clock checker
utility to test the clock hardware that is directly accessed in PC Unix and other
Real-Time Operating Systems.
The The Computer Information Centre has
a List of embedded systems and Embedded Systems Links.
The DEC PDP-11 FAQ - The
venerable PDP-11 is built into many test and measurement systems - here's a FAQ
Compliant PDP-11 Upgrades are
available
Great
Microprocessors of the Past and Present - These are common components in embedded
systems
The Chip Directory - A comprehensive
listing of Chips with online technical data - mirrored worldwide.
Home Page Automation and Control -
An excellent listing of Embedded/Process Control Info.
Nuclear Utilties Software Management Group
Abnormal Situation
Management references for Process Control
Real-Time Clock information is
available from Dallas Semiconductor 08-03-1998
Embedded Systems Marketplace is hosted by
eg3.com 08-05-1998
Embedded.com 08-05-1998
Embedded/Control Systems Discussions
Control Technology Corporation's
Automation Discussion
Archive includes good Y2K information
SIM Year 2000 Working Group Best Practices Conference -
Includes infrastructure and embedded systems
Measurement and Control on
the Web - Year 2000 Problem - see control systems discussion
An Embedded Systems and
Infrastructure Y2K Discussion is on The Silicon
Investor
Biomedical Devices
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health
(US FDA) provides a Compliance
Database 04-08-1998
Biomedical Resource Links are provided by Technical
Dynamics 06-16-1998
Medical
Manufacturers / Companies and a wealth of other information from Redlands Community Hospital 07-09-1998
University of Kentucky
Biomedical Compliance Database 08-01-1998
Biomedical Device
Links are provided by the World Bank Year 2000 Site 08-14-1998
Other
Year
2000 Embedded Systems Vendors, Associations and Manufacturers is available on Roleigh Martin's site
The Computer Information Centre has lots
of compliance references
including some for embedded systems
Embedded Systems Links
Software Engineering
As one of the largest projects undertaken by humanity, this problem will require the
best techniques available from software engineering.
- Software Development Pointers
- "Managing Software Projects Using
the WWW"
- NASA IV&V Facility Home Page
Web-Integrated Software Environment Home
Page [1]
- Software
Estimation Tool
- The Software Engineering Institute (CMU)
- CMM Level 2 Focus
Group - an excellent set of links for the Capability Maturity Model
ED YOURDON'S WEB SITE - Lots of articles on
Software Engineering and managing software projects
Software Quality
The Year 2000 problem will require a new emphasis on software quality if our efforts
are to produce reliable programs at the turn of the century. These references have ideas
on how to organize development to accentuate quality results.
Papers on the Law of Software Quality
Deming Electronic Network - Clemson
University Site
TickIT
The QA Dude - Online Quality Resources
Quality World
Software Testing
Estimates of the testing effort for Year 2000 projects range from 30 to 80 percent of
the total effort for fixing the programs. Start here for ideas on how to test your
software and design a process that will produce reliable code.
- Software Testing Online Resources
- SR/Institute's Software Quality HotList
TM
- Comp.Software.TestingArchive: Main Index
- CSST Technologies
- ST Labs, Inc.
- Randy Rice's Home Page for Software Testing
- Software Testing Institute-STI Resource
Guide
- Software Testing Online Resource
- See the "Resources" section for Systeme Evolutif papers on software
testing
Software Metrics
If it can't be measured, it can't be controlled. Here are at least a few references in
the area of software metrics.
- SPR - Information Center - Home of the Capers Jones article on the global
impact of Y2K 04-09-1998
Rules of Thumb
for Year 2000 and Euro-Currency Software Repairs by Capers Jones is hosted by Unisys 06-02-1998
How Serious is
the Year 2000 Software Problem by Capers Jones is hosted by Unisys 06-02-1998
- IFPUG Home Page
- Software Engineering Institute - CMM
- McCabe and Associates Literature
Search Engines
This is the best Internet search engine listing I have ever encountered. Try it and see
for yourself. It has grown to be so good because many people have contributed a link or
two to it. Maybe together we can build a similar reference for the Year 2000 problem.
All-In-One Search Page
Contributors
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return. Please contribute a URL or two to this page.
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to:
George Girod
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