Report Blocked Work

The Blocked field in Rally provides an easy way for you to identify problems with current team work. Any time an issue outside your team's control prevents progress, you should mark the work item as blocked to notify team members and other stakeholders.

Rally work items that may be blocked

Blocked status may be applied to many Rally work items, including:

• User stories
• Defects
• Defect suites
• Tasks
• Test sets

Blocked status can also roll-up to work items that are related to the work item. The following table details what relationships share blocks:

Item blocked	Related items also blocked
Task	User story Defect Test set
Child user story	Parent user stories

Marking a work item blocked

There are two ways to mark a work item as blocked. Edits may be done inline on summary pages, or the Blocked field may be set manually in an editor window.

To add a blocked status to a work item while on summary pages, such as Task Iteration Status, double-click the current Schedule State icon, turning it red.

To manually set a blocked status, open an editor window for the work item, and check the Blocked check box.

Viewing blocked work items

When a work item is blocked, the Schedule State field will be colored red on summary pages. You may use custom views on summary pages to show only blocked work items as well.

The Revisions page will also show an entry when a block is placed. This will also reveal the date, time, and user that set the block.

You can use the Blocked Work app to get a quick view of any blocked work in your workspace.