The company had begun its Year 2000 effort, including some work on assessment, inventory and coding, but needed to apply formal project methodology, strengthen software change control and testing environments, provide organized reporting to board of directors and SEC. The company has a multi-platform application environment, point-of-sale systems in 400+ stores internationally, and several concurrent development projects in addition to the Y2K remediation efforts.

Mornington’s role was to provide overall management of the IT project, reporting to the Chief Information Officer. We identified gaps in the plan, with a focus on resource requirements - people, time and money needed - to execute the Information Technology portion of the Client's Y2K efforts. We worked closely with Internal Audit, who is responsible for the entire Y2K effort (including work with suppliers and customers, disclosure, etc.).

Mornington provided overall project management for the Y2K effort, including the completion of the Planning/Awareness and Assessment/Inventory phases; the oversight of the Remediation, Validation and Implementation phases; and the development and maintenance of internal project plans. We provided communication and presentation materials to help integrate the MIS Y2K effort the company's enterprise-level planned, and we identified issues as they arose with recommended solution alternatives. Mornington also helped to link mission-critical processes with their related systems to insure that the Y2K remediation efforts were correctly prioritized.