After StabilizationThe technical problems associated with the Oracle implementation proved to be short lived. Over the course of the next three months Cisco and its vendors, working together, stabilized and added capacity to the system. The implementation ordeal concluded with a celebration party for the team and company management. Several members of Cisco’s Board of Directors also attended. Feelings were running high that the new information systems would fulfill the promise of supporting the rapid growth that the company was expecting. As he signed off on his recommendation for the bonus distribution, Solvik thought about the approach they had taken toward the implementation. “Total systems replacement for $15 million in nine months, who would have thought we could do it?” He tried to think about the decisions he and the team had made during the course of the implementation. What factors had made the difference between success and failure? Where had they been smart? Where had they been just plain lucky? Could they do it again if they had to?