Agile & Scrum

Blocker

/ˈblɒkər/

Definition

An impediment that prevents a team member from progressing on their work; raised in standup for immediate resolution.

Example in context

"I'm blocked — the staging environment has been down since yesterday. Can someone from DevOps look into it?"

Related terms

Practice this term

Master Blocker in context by working through exercises in the Agile & Scrum module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.