But the University is painfully aware thattrouble may well lie ahead.
"It doesn't make sense to try to predict [whenADAPT will be entirely finished]," Segall says.
He says he is somewhat apprehensive aboutgaining acceptance of the new systems from thethousands of Harvard administrators who will usethem.
"Some will find it a challenge to change theway they work," Segall says. "They will need a lotof hand-holding."
Harvard will work hard to train its employees,but even that may go wrong, Fineberg says.
Fineberg says he fears a situation like the onehe experienced while traveling the day after hisairline changed its software. He says heencountered long lines because the airline's staffwas having trouble with the new software.
When he asked one worker whether he had beentrained in the new software, the employee toldFinberg that he had been, but it was during theprevious summer, and the training had beenforgotten.
Such unforeseen problems could well hit Harvard,and, Fineberg says, "We need a backup plan at thispoint."