docs/planning/claudedocs/BLOCKERS_LOG.md

🚨 BLOCKERS & IMPEDIMENTS LOG

Project: WidgetTDC RAG Implementation Updated: 2025-11-17 Owner: Cursor (Implementation Lead)

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📊 BLOCKER DASHBOARD

Status	Count	Trend
🔴 CRITICAL	0	↗️
🟠 HIGH	0	↗️
🟡 MEDIUM	0	↗️
🟢 LOW	0	↗️
✅ RESOLVED	0	-

Overall Health: 🟢 GREEN - No blockers

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📋 ACTIVE BLOCKERS

None Currently

Status: PROJECT HEALTHY - All systems go for launch

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📝 BLOCKER TEMPLATE

Use this format to report new blockers:

## BLOCKER #[NUM]

**Title**: [Brief description]

**Status**: New / Under Investigation / Solution Defined / Resolved

**Severity**: 🔴 CRITICAL / 🟠 HIGH / 🟡 MEDIUM / 🟢 LOW

**Reported By**: [Name]

**Date Reported**: YYYY-MM-DD

**Owner/Responsible**: [Who's fixing this]

### Description

[Detailed explanation of the problem]

### Root Cause

[Why did this happen?]

### Impact

- Affected Tasks: [Which tasks are blocked]
- Timeline Impact: [How many days of delay]
- Business Impact: [Financial or strategic impact]

### Proposed Solution

[How to fix it]

### Workaround (if any)

[Temporary solution to unblock others]

### Resolution Status

- [ ] Investigation complete
- [ ] Solution implemented
- [ ] Testing passed
- [ ] Verified resolved

**Date Resolved**: YYYY-MM-DD

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🔄 HISTORICAL BLOCKERS (RESOLVED)

Archive

(No resolved blockers yet - project just started)

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🚨 ESCALATION PROCEDURE

When to Report a Blocker

IMMEDIATELY REPORT if:

• ❌ Task is completely stuck (can't proceed)
• ❌ Waiting on external dependency
• ❌ Technical blocker that requires architectural decision
• ❌ Resource/team constraint preventing work
• ❌ Any P0 task affected

REPORT IN DAILY STANDUP if:

• ⚠️ Minor issue (can workaround)
• ⚠️ Waiting on information
• ⚠️ Performance concern (not blocking)

Escalation Path

Engineer discovers blocker
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Reports to Cursor (Lead) immediately
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Severity Assessment:
    ├─ CRITICAL → Cursor escalates to HansPedder2 NOW
    ├─ HIGH → Cursor solves within 1h
    └─ MEDIUM/LOW → Cursor schedules for standup

Response SLAs

Severity	Response Time	Resolution Time
🔴 CRITICAL	15 min	2h
🟠 HIGH	1h	8h
🟡 MEDIUM	4h	24h
🟢 LOW	24h	1 week

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🎯 COMMON BLOCKERS & SOLUTIONS

1. Missing Data Source Access

Symptom: "Can't access data source API"

Quick Fix:

1. Check API credentials
2. Verify rate limits
3. Check firewall/network

Escalation: If external service down, contact support team

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2. VectorDB Performance

Symptom: "Queries are slow"

Quick Fix:

1. Check indexing status
2. Profile query performance
3. Optimize chunking strategy

Escalation: May require schema redesign

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3. LLM API Limits

Symptom: "Rate limited on LLM API"

Quick Fix:

1. Implement exponential backoff
2. Add caching layer
3. Request rate limit increase

Escalation: May need to switch LLM provider

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4. Team Resource Unavailable

Symptom: "Engineer sick/unavailable"

Quick Fix:

1. Replan sprint
2. Reassign high-priority tasks
3. Document knowledge (avoid silos)

Escalation: If critical path blocked, HansPedder2 decides

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📞 REPORTING PROCESS

Step 1: Identify Blocker

• Recognize you're stuck
• Understand what's blocking you

Step 2: Document

• Use blocker template above
• Provide context & details
• Suggest potential solutions

Step 3: Report to Lead

• Slack/Teams message to Cursor
• Mark as URGENT if critical
• Attach documentation

Step 4: Follow Up

• Lead acknowledges within 15 min
• Lead works on resolution
• Lead provides status updates

Step 5: Resolution

• Lead implements fix or workaround
• Verify blocker resolved
• Update blocker log

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📊 BLOCKER METRICS

Tracked weekly:

Metric	Target	Current
Avg blockers/sprint	<2	0
Avg resolution time	<8h	-
Critical blockers/sprint	0	0
Blocker recurrence rate	<10%	-

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🛡️ BLOCKER PREVENTION

Best Practices

1. Communication

   • Daily standups
   • Async updates
   • Proactive notification

2. Planning

   • Identify dependencies early
   • Create detailed DoD
   • Build in buffers

3. Risk Management

   • Risk register updated
   • Mitigation plans ready
   • Backup options identified

4. Knowledge Sharing

   • Document decisions
   • Pair programming
   • Runbooks for common issues

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📎 RELATED DOCUMENTS

• 📄 RAG_PROJECT_OVERVIEW.md - Main dashboard
• 📄 RAG_TEAM_RESPONSIBILITIES.md - Team roles
• 📄 DECISION_LOG.md - Architectural decisions

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Last Updated: 2025-11-17 Status: 🟢 GREEN (No active blockers) Next Review: Daily standup