Measuring Agile Agreement: Development and Validation of the Manifesto and Principle Scales
Nicolas Matton, Anthony Simonofski, Marie-Ange Remiche, Beno\^it Vanderose

TL;DR
This paper develops and validates two scales to measure agreement with Agile values and principles, addressing a gap in understanding how individuals perceive high-level agile concepts versus concrete practices.
Contribution
It introduces the Manifesto Agreement Scale and Principle Agreement Scale, validated for measuring distinct dimensions of agile agreement among IT professionals.
Findings
Both scales show strong internal consistency and validity.
The scales are moderately correlated but measure different aspects of agile agreement.
They are not interchangeable, capturing unique perceptions of agile values and practices.
Abstract
While the importance of human factors in agile software development is widely acknowledged, the measurement of an individual's "agile agreement" remains an ill-defined and challenging area. A key limitation in existing research is the failure to distinguish between agreement with the abstract, high-level values of the Agile Manifesto and agreement with the concrete, day-to-day practices derived from the 12 Principles. This paper addresses this methodological gap by presenting the design and validation of two distinct instruments: the novel Manifesto Agreement Scale (MAS), and the Principle Agreement Scale (PAS), which is a systematic adaptation and refinement of a prior instrument. We detail the systematic process of item creation and selection, survey design, and validation. The results demonstrate that both scales possess important internal consistency and construct validity. A…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices · Reliability and Agreement in Measurement · Software Engineering Research
