What should the agile practitioner do?

Distributed or remote teams are common in modern agile environments. According to the PMI Agile Practice Guide (Section 4.4 Working with Distributed Teams) and the PMBOK® Guide (6th Edition, Section 10.1), the agile practitioner must enable effective collaboration among all team members regardless of location. The guide recommends using video conferencing, collaborative workspaces, shared boards, and communication tools to simulate the benefits of co-location.

Mike Griffiths, in his PMI-ACP Exam Prep Book (Chapter 3: Team Performance), supports the use of collaboration tools to foster team cohesion and support agile values like communication and transparency, even when teams cannot be physically co-located.

Option A is correct: collaboration tools bridge the gap in distributed environments.

Option B and D promote siloing or team hierarchy, which undermines agile unity.

Option C moves away from agile values by emphasizing documentation over interaction.