Impediments on the ART/Train Board

Question

Hoi,

Would it be possible to show Impediments on the ART/Train board?

When on story level it would be nice to have an explicit view on the feature that the impediment is on (like a flag or alike) it does get red, but there are too many other reason why a feature can get a red bar.

On team level it would be nice to get an additional block with a specific logo (like a dependency has)

Is there something like this?

Thanks in advance for anyone who answers :)

Edvaldo Lima · Accepted Answer

Hello @Mark van Doorn

The ability to visualize impediments from the ART/Train is currently not available in Jira Align however, if you feel it's a must-have, you can raise a suggestion request for JA using the steps below.

* Go to https://support.atlassian.com/contact/
* Select What can we help you with? = Product Suggestions
* Click on the "Go to Product Suggestions" button
* Click Create and fill out the form with your enhancement request.

If you prefer, you can raise a JA support ticket, and we'll open the suggestion request on your behalf!

Best!

Allan Maxwell · Accepted Answer

Two potential ways to (sorta) accomplish this:

* Treat Impediments as Dependencies on the role of RTE, SM (or whatever role/name you like)* create an  "External Entity" from the Dependencies Grid 
* the ART or Teams create Dependencies against the External Entity
* The External Entity will appear as their own row on the bottom of the Program Board
* Hovering over the dependency will highlight the blocked work
* Has the advantage of also being able to track how much capacity is expended by the External Entity in support of Impediments

* Create an ART PI Objective to accomplish something similar to the above* One option is to create one for every Impediment
* I prefer to create a single PI Objective called something like "Resolve all Impediments in 3 working days" and then active set that as a track goal for the PI. Try to get better each PI.