Project Status

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Project Status

• Upgrading to Windows 2000
• R S Consultants

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Status Summary

• Project is on-track
• 30 workstations have been converted
• New workstations are being converted at a rate of
  15/week
• Training lags workstation conversion by two weeks
  but is within estimates
• Entire plant will be converted by April

3
Progress

• Started conversion in January
• experienced minor delays due to supplier problems
  early on
• have made up time by hiring additional
  consultants
• Progress is due to
• outsourcing
• working overtime by the Information Technology
  staff

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Schedule

• Converting Workstations from Windows 95 to
  Windows 2000
• Started early January
• Plan to complete by mid-March
• Windows 2000 Training
• Started mid-January
• Goal To provide training for every employee
  within 2 weeks of workstation conversion
• Will be completed for entire plant by April 1.

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Costs

• New Cost Projections
• Costs running 8 over original estimates
• Reasons for Overruns
• Hiring additional consultants in order to
  maintain schedule
• Cost of upgrading increased due to increase in
  memory costs.

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Technology

• Technical problems weve solved
• Upgrading memory
• Purchasing new systems
• Changing network configurations
• Outstanding technical issues that need to be
  solved
• Configuring new e-mail system
• Converting e-mail logs to new system

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Resources

• Project Resources
• 3 Information Technology Staff (full-time)
• 2 Consultants hired to help with hardware and
  software conversion
• 2 Consultants hired to conduct training.