Blocking

Flag the items that stop other work cold until they clear. A must-precede link only sets order; this one freezes everything behind it. For each candidate, count how many downstream tasks sit idle and how long they wait.

Flag the items that stop other work cold until they clear. A must-precede link only sets order; this one freezes everything behind it. For each candidate, count how many downstream tasks sit idle and how long they wait.

Example

On the 40-item launch list, the security review is the blocker: six tasks (payments, SSO, the beta invite, and three integrations) cannot start until it passes, and it has been queued for 11 days. Nothing behind it moves regardless of staffing.