Editorial draft available to read. Factual and language review is pending. Examples are illustrative.
Decision and scope
A publication blocker needs a pending condition, an impact and a person able to resolve it. Distinguish an external dependency, a commercial decision and a technical defect. Specify which independent work can continue so that one unknown does not unnecessarily stop every part of the project.
Illustrative example
Illustrative example: the entity responsible for receiving customer requests has not been confirmed. Layout work and fictional form tests can finish, but public intake waits for the decision and matching configuration. The readiness record does not describe the service as operational simply because all its pages render successfully.
Acceptance check
Review blockers using evidence and follow-up dates. Do not treat an unanswered question as confirmation of an assumption. Accept the register when every dependency has an owner, a specific closure condition and a clear effect on what may be published.
Key takeaways
- Accept the register when every dependency has an owner, a specific closure condition and a clear effect on what may be published.