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<B><FONT face="Gill Sans"><FONT color="#000000"><FONT size="+3">XP Practices<BR>
</B></FONT></FONT></FONT><UL><B><FONT face="Gill Sans"><FONT color="#000000"><FONT size="+1">System Metaphor</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></UL></TD>
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<LI><B><FONT face="Gill Sans"><FONT color="#000000"><FONT size="+1">A coherent story which provides a conceptual framework for the software<BR>
<LI>Serves as a software architecture<BR>
<LI>Should be understandable by business and technical folks<BR>
<LI>Ideas from the metaphor will show up in the software<BR>
<LI>Examples: Spreadsheet, Assembly Line, Balance Sheet, .... <BR>
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