Approval bottlenecks are sprint killers that hide in plain sight.
Tasks sit in 'Waiting for Approval' columns while sprints burn down. Stakeholders are unaware their response is blocking an entire team.
The cost accumulates invisibly until sprint commitments fail. GitScrum surfaces these hidden blockers through multiple mechanisms.
The isblocker flag marks tasks as explicitly blocked, triggering visibility in Manager Health dashboards. Blocked tasks display with daysblocked calculations showing exactly how long work has been stalled.
The standup blocker view surfaces tasks 'Waiting for API credentials from client' or 'Dependency on design team for assets' with duration tracking. Client Flow's pending approvals dashboard tracks proposals, change requests, and invoices awaiting client action—each with dayswaiting metrics and status (draft, sent, viewed, approved, rejected).
When items sit in 'sent' or 'viewed' status without action, they surface with avgWaitingDays calculations. The system sorts pending items by dayswaiting (highest first), ensuring the longest-waiting approvals get immediate attention.
Expiring soon filters catch approvals approaching deadline. Integration notifications can alert when approval wait times exceed thresholds.
Workflow columns specifically for approval states enable WIP limit enforcement—when 'Awaiting Approval' exceeds its limit, no new items can enter until stakeholders respond.
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