Context:

In the light of the swift and iterative nature of Agile Software Development (ASD) practices, establishing deeper insights into capability measurement within the context of team formation is crucial, as the capability of individuals and teams can affect team performance and productivity Although a former Systematic Literature Review (SLR) synthesized the state of the art in relation to capability measurement in ASD – with a focus on selecting individuals to agile teams, and capabilities related to team performance, productivity and success determining to what degree the SLR’s results apply to practice can provide progressive insights to both research and practice.

Objective:

Our study investigates how agile practitioners perceive the relevance of individual and team level measures for characterizing the capability of an agile team and its members. Here, the emphasis was also on selecting individuals to agile teams, and capabilities associated with effective teams in terms of their performance, productivity and success. Furthermore, to scrutinize variations in practitioners’ perceptions, our study further analyzes perceptions across stratified demographic groups.

Method:

We undertook a Web-based survey using a questionnaire built based on the capability measures identified from a previously conducted SLR.

Results:

Our survey responses (60) indicate that 127 individual and 28 team capability measures were considered as relevant by the majority of practitioners. We also identified seven individual and one team capability measure that have not been previously characterized by our SLR. The surveyed practitioners suggested that an agile team member’s responsibility and questioning skills significantly represent the member’s capability.

Conclusion:

Results from our survey align with our SLR’s findings. Measures associated with social aspects were observed to be dominant compared to technical and innovative aspects. Our results can support agile practitioners in their team composition decisions.

中文翻译：

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理解能力度量的感知相关性：对敏捷软件开发从业者的调查

语境：

鉴于敏捷软件开发 (ASD) 实践的快速和迭代性质，在团队组建的背景下对能力测量建立更深入的洞察至关重要，因为个人和团队的能力会影响团队绩效和生产力。文献综述 (SLR) 综合了 ASD 中与能力测量相关的最新技术——重点是为敏捷团队选择个人，以及与团队绩效、生产力和成功相关的能力，这些能力决定了 SLR 的结果在多大程度上适用于实践为研究和实践提供渐进的见解。

客观的：

我们的研究调查了敏捷从业者如何看待个人和团队层面的衡量指标与敏捷团队及其成员的能力特征的相关性。在这里，重点还在于选择个人加入敏捷团队，以及与高效团队在绩效、生产力和成功方面相关的能力。此外，为了仔细检查从业者看法的变化，我们的研究进一步分析了分层人口群体的看法。

方法：

我们使用基于先前进行的 SLR 中确定的能力度量构建的问卷进行了基于 Web 的调查。

结果：

我们的调查回复 (60) 表明，大多数从业者认为 127 项个人能力和 28 项团队能力测量是相关的。我们还确定了 7 个个人和 1 个团队能力衡量标准，这些衡量标准以前没有被我们的 SLR 表征。被调查的从业者认为，敏捷团队成员的责任感和提问能力显着代表了成员的能力。

结论：

我们的调查结果与 SLR 的调查结果一致。与技术和创新方面相比，与社会方面相关的措施被观察到占主导地位。我们的结果可以支持敏捷实践者的团队组成决策。