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Conditional Acceptance

publish date: 2026/06/19 10:34:32.279294 UTC

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The outcome of acceptance testing negotiations is sometimes 'conditional acceptance'. What does this mean?

The system is rejected but the customer agrees to pay 50% of the contract price

Acceptance is conditional on the development team replacing all developers who worked on the project

The customer accepts the system so deployment can begin, while the developer agrees to repair urgent problems and deliver a new version quickly

The system is accepted only if it passes all 100% of the acceptance tests in a re-run

Correct Answer

The customer accepts the system so deployment can begin, while the developer agrees to repair urgent problems and deliver a new version quickly

Explanation

Conditional acceptance allows deployment to begin even though problems exist. The customer accepts the system so they can start benefiting from it immediately. The developer agrees to fix urgent problems and deliver a patched version as quickly as possible. This is pragmatic because customers may have already invested in hardware, staff training, and process changes.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10th edition

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