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          method code JL--calculating the amount of paycheck deductions for           
          savings and investments plans; Cyborg release 34--implementation of         
          a new vendor release of the system; payroll work facility--a mail           
          station identifier for the users; payroll general ledger reports--          
          changes to the reports made from the interface with the general             
          ledger; and payroll Cyborg yearend--customizations with respect to          
          the yearend production of documents.                                        
               Upgrades and new releases were common, particularly with               
          respect to changes in the tax laws that required changes to the             
          payroll system.  The many customization projects involved changes           
          to each of the three programs (the edit program, the calculation            
          program, and the print program) that constituted the heart of               
          Cyborg.                                                                     
               In using the Software Development Methodology to customize the         
          Cyborg software, NTS reviewed the old and new source codes                  
          (obtained from the vendor) to determine where the customized code           
          could be written without sacrificing required functionality.                
          Following the design and development phases, NTS conducted test             
          payroll and reporting runs in order to ensure that the users' needs         
          were met.  As part of this process, in order to verify that the             
          results were consistent, NTS tested the system both before and              
          after the changes were made.                                                








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