Keane's approach to Year 2000 compliance management combines its expertise in project management and technology migration with the industry's premier analysis and conversion toolsets.

Century compliance initiatives can be delivered as a stand-alone Resolve 2000 project - contracted and delivered in three distinct phases (see below), or within an Application Outsourcing solution in which Keane maintains legacy systems for three to five years while making designated applications century compliant.

Keane delivers Year 2000 compliance services in three phases:

1. Enterprise Planning -- Tool-assisted analysis and data gathering to develop an assessment of the existing environment. Identifies constraints, information sources, potential problems, an inventory of systems, languages and databases, and new application plans.
   
   
2. Strategy Development -- Development of a detailed plan prioritizing conversions based on cost, time and planned application redesigns criteria.
   
   
3. Implementation -- Activities driven by Keane's project management methodology and leveraging all industry-leading toolsets, including Viasoft's Existing Systems Workbenchtm and Ernst & Young's Cleopatra®, as applicable.

Embedded in Keane's solution are:

• Keane's Productivity Management approach to project management
• Enterprisewide, cross-system analysis and migration tools support
• Effective time and cost estimating models
• Clearly defined activities, tasks, responsibilities and deliverables
• Reliable risk management
• Comprehensive testing and quality assurance processes

About Keane
Keane, Inc. designs, develops and manages software through a network of 40 branch offices across the U.S. and in Canada. As one of the largest and most experienced software services firms in North America, and backed with its Resolve 2000 methodology, Keane has the resources and ability to manage complex environments, proactively handle change, and integrate Year 2000 activities with clients' IS and business objectives.

Visit our home page: http://www.keane.com Or contact Jim Freedman at or 617-241-9200.

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