Identified Question

Sam is working on a project in the capacity of scrum master. During today$$s daily standup, he noticed that whenever he wanted to pair someone with Jim, a developer, he got excuses from the team members as to why they cannot. Sam observed that none of the team members was willing to work with Jim.

To determine if there is a problem with Jim$$s behavior, Sam held a separate meeting with the other team members. As he interacted with them, Sam learned that Jim tends to use profanity and insults. It has already been quite some time now since team members have alienated Jim. In fact, Jim, himself, is confused by the way team members treat him, as no one has ever told him about his problem.

Sam is aware that Jim$$s problem is impacting the quality of code. How should Sam handle this situation?

A$)$ Ask the team to ignore Jim and continue business as usual.

B$)$ Send Jim to another team.

C$)$ Confront Jim with a verbal warning about his behavior.

D$)$ Give constructive feedback to Jim, without using labels.