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The On-Site Customer Practice

publish date: 2026/06/04 05:56:8.852454 UTC

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What does the on-site customer practice in XP require, and what is the customer's responsibility?

The customer writes all user stories without involving the development team

A customer representative visits the team once a month to review progress

The customer performs all acceptance testing independently from the development team

A representative of the end-user should be available full time for the XP team — they are a member of the development team and are responsible for bringing system requirements to the team for implementation

Correct Answer

Explanation

The on-site customer practice requires that a representative of the end-user is available full time for the XP team. In an XP process, the customer is a member of the development team and is responsible for bringing system requirements to the team for implementation.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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