<s>
The	O
Chrysler	B-Application
Comprehensive	I-Application
Compensation	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
C3	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
project	O
in	O
the	O
Chrysler	O
Corporation	O
to	O
replace	O
several	O
payroll	O
applications	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
system	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
and	O
GemStone	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
development	O
techniques	O
invented	O
and	O
employed	O
on	O
this	O
project	O
are	O
of	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smalltalk	B-Application
development	O
began	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
system	O
to	O
support	O
all	O
payroll	O
processing	O
for	O
87,000	O
employees	O
by	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineer	I-General_Concept
Kent	O
Beck	O
was	O
brought	O
on	O
to	O
oversee	O
development	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
system	O
had	O
not	O
yet	O
printed	O
a	O
single	O
paycheck	O
.	O
</s>
