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Proposal for <br />Year 2000 Consulting Services <br />Orange County <br />II. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY <br />A. SCOPE <br />The scope of the project will include the following major systems and related <br />equipment and softwaze components within Orange County: <br />• Main computer system(s) <br />• Local azea networks (LANs) <br />• Applications or interfaces developed by third parties <br />• Various PC softwaze applications <br />We will assess the effectiveness of the County's Yeaz 2000 compliance efforts, and <br />provide recommendations for potential improvements to the process. <br />B. APPROACH <br />To accomplish the project objectives, we perform the following major activities: <br />1. Review and evaluate the County's technology plans and direction; especially as <br />they relate to Year 2000 compliance, including: <br />• Allocation of resources for technology <br />• Annual and strategic business plans <br />• Plans for the use of technology in the future <br />2. Review and evaluate the technology infrastructure within the County, including: <br />• Current hazdwaze, including main computer systems, LANs and PCs, imaging <br />system, audio response system and other technology. <br />• Current operating software, including operating softwaze, programming <br />languages, database software, and report writers. <br />• Application software, including turnkey and custom applications. <br />• Application interfaces to other processing systems. <br />• Policies, practices and guidelines relating to information technology. <br />3. Determine the County's source of information systems (IS) support for hazdwaze <br />and related applications and operating system softwaze. <br />4. Provide our Year 2000 Readiness Questionnaire and review responses to the <br />questionnaire. <br />5. Obtain a comprehensive inventory of all hazdwaze and softwaze used throughout <br />the County. <br /> <br />® 1998, McGladtey 8t Pullen, rt.~ <br />