Abstract
Background: Organizations require information systems (IS) that can effectively sense and respond to changes in the contemporary, uncertain, and dynamic business environment. Agile information systems development (ISD) practices offer a robust approach for managing uncertainty by promoting sensing and responding capabilities that organizations need to be competitive. This study addresses the research question of how team competence and team collaboration impact ISD sensing and responding capabilities, and how these capabilities, in turn, affect project outcomes, using the sense-and-respond model as a theoretical basis.
Method: We used a quantitative approach to test the research model. The data were collected using an online survey, and 160 survey responses were collected from agile ISD teams. We used partial least squares (PLS) with a bootstrapping technique to analyze the survey data.
Results: The results show that team competence and team collaboration significantly relate to the sensing and responding capabilities of agile ISD teams. Responding capabilities significantly impact project satisfaction. Responding capabilities also fully mediate the impacts of team competence and team collaboration on project satisfaction.
Conclusion: This study contributes to the agile literature by quantitatively examining the relationships between team competence, team collaboration, sensing and responding capabilities, and project outcome. The study also helps in understanding the mediation mechanism of the ISD team’s dynamic sensing and responding capabilities. It also provides insights for agile professionals to understand the roles of team competence and team collaboration in developing sensing and responding capabilities.
Recommended Citation
Rathor, Shekhar; Xia, Weidong; and Zhang, Mingyu, "Sensing and Responding Capabilities of Agile Information Systems Development Teams: Antecedents and Outcome" (2025). PAJAIS Preprints (Forthcoming). 50.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/pajais_preprints/50