Work Item Type: Impediment
This work item type is used to track the work associated with managing an impediment.
Main description

An impediment work item is provided to track status of exceptions, problems, or issues. The team handles exceptions and problems, and for those issues that need further work, they capture them in the Iteration Plan or Work Items List.

The following table shows the Impediment work item state machine:

Output States

Input States

New Resolved Invalid
   Initialize / Manage Iteration (Project Level)      
New   Resolve / Manage Iteration (Project Level) Invalidate / Manage Iteration (Project Level)
Resolved Reopen / Manage Iteration (Project Level)    
Invalid      

Table 1 - State machine of the Impediment work item