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Blocker Radar

Spot work that needs a next step.

See explicit blockers across teams, how long they have been blocked, and which work item records have gone quiet. Give each item a contact and a next action in one shared triage view.

Try the interactive demo →How it works
Blocker Radar dashboard showing blocked and stalled work, age distribution, and next-action fields
Illustrative first pass dashboard using sample work items.

FROM SIGNAL TO ACTION

Know where to help next

01

Find blockers

Blocker Radar finds items in a Blocked state or with an exact Blocked tag and groups them by team area and owner.

02

Check the quiet records

Choose a business-day threshold for work items without updates. The signal describes work item activity; development may have continued in code or conversation.

03

Assign the next move

Add an unblocker or contact and a specific next action. Save the notes for the team without editing Azure Boards work items.

FIRST PASS

Development preview

Blocker Radar is a separate tool and will be included with Smaller Chunks Suite Additional Tools. The intended standalone Marketplace price is $0. Its private Testing listing is still being prepared.

  1. Open the interactive demo to explore the workflow with sample work items.
  2. When the private Testing extension is available to your organization, open Boards > Blocker Radar.
  3. Filter by team and owner, then record contacts and next actions for items needing attention.

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