Which statement best captures the Agile approach described in the material?

• A. Collaboration is optional and contracts govern decisions
• B. Rigid planning should never be questioned
• C. Prioritizing price over value is essential
• D. Collaboration over contract negotiation and running experiments support empiricism

Answer: (D)

Agile centers on working with people and learning from real feedback. The best statement captures that collaboration is prioritized and decisions come from experiments that provide evidence, i.e., an empirical approach. By emphasizing collaboration over contract negotiation and using experiments to validate ideas, it reflects how Agile teams inspect reality, adapt, and steer toward what delivers actual value.

The other options clash with this mindset: making collaboration optional and letting contracts drive decisions undermines stakeholder engagement; insisting rigid planning never be questioned rejects adaptive planning; prioritizing price over value ignores delivering what truly matters to users.