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This paper details the development and initial validation of the Agile Team Practice Inventory for Software Development (ATPI-SD), a new questionnaire measuring team-level agility based on core agile values and practices.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Starting from a comprehensive literature review (258 items) and expert consultations (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 7), five dimensions were initially identified, leading to 67 generated items. Expert feedback refined this to 37 items across 4 dimensions, which were tested in Study 1 (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 199). Further analysis resulted in a final 20-item scale with four dimensions: Customer Involvement (CI), Team Collaboration (TC), Iterative and Incremental Development Processes (IIDP), and Continuous Development Process Improvement (CDPI).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Data from our study (n = 237) showed good internal consistency for the total scale (\u03b1 = 0.89) and subscales (ranging from 0.69 to 0.84). Confirmatory Factor Analysis indicated a moderate-to-acceptable model fit (e.g., CFI = 0.88, TLI = 0.86). Moderate convergent validity was supported by a significant correlation with a single-item self-rating of team agility (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.404,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While suggesting potential for refinement, the ATPI-SD provides a systematically developed and initially validated instrument for researchers and practitioners assessing agility in software development teams.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcomp.2025.1626456","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,27]],"date-time":"2025-10-27T06:20:03Z","timestamp":1761546003000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Measuring agility in software development teams: development and initial validation of the Agile Team Practice Inventory for Software Development (ATPI-SD)"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Niklas","family":"Retzlaff","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Sp\u00f6rrle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2015","DOI":"10.4018\/978-1-6684-3702-5.ch096","author":"Arumugam","year":"2022"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1109\/TE.2021.3084095","article-title":"Improving teamwork in agile software engineering education: the ASEST+ framework","volume":"65","author":"Avila","year":"2022","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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