Software

Test the operating system.

Contact software vendors for compliance status and

Availability of Upgrades in time.

Custom Applications:

Redesign/restructure program data division
Test embedded date logic - locate problems
Update logic
Redesign/develop test data.
Recompile/Debug programs
Re-test programs, especially logic.
Integrated test across programs/systems (ripple
effect).
Particularly test end of period processes
(month/quarter/year).

Don't forget the need to revise test data/test cases.

Y2K fixes may cause system performance degradation - particularly during the conversion period.