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anticipated that the project could be accomplished with the
available resources. Further, the major risks to the project
appear to have related to the ability to develop the software
within tight time constraints--a business risk, not a technical
risk. In sum, the project simply falls short of one that could be
characterized as venturing into uncharted territory.
D. General Ledger
Dr. McDermott identified the "shadow files" system as the
major technical challenge of the general ledger project, allowing
virtual access to real-time data while continuing to run batch
processing only once per day. He stated that the logical problems
that had to be solved for this system were "complex and hard to get
right".
Dr. Davis described the changes to the general ledger system
as "remarkably small-scale, routine modifications". He stated that
the issues raised by the performance problems were routine, and
that the solutions were well known and could be accomplished
through good coding practices and established methodologies.
Mr. Teixeira stated that the general ledger system from FCS,
which Norwest purchased, was used at over 30 of the top 100 U.S.
banks during the relevant period. Moreover, he stated that the
work performed by NTS did not provide any significant technical
innovations beyond those which the vendor had designed and
delivered.
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