When I am planning my sprints can we restrict blocked user stories to not move into the sprint

[M Vijay Kumar]

When story A is linked to story B where A blocks B (B is blocked by A), we are still able to move story B into our sprint even when A is not started or completed. Is there a way to make the scrum board warn or restrict when we try to move B into a scrum when the things blocking it are not done?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @M Vijay Kumar 

How about card colors to see when something is blocked?  Then team members can discuss/decide how to proceed rather than having the tool just prevent adding a story to a sprint.

You could create a quick filter, as below, and use it to add a card color:

issuelinktype IN ("is blocked by")

Best regards,

Bill

[M Vijay Kumar]

Is there a way we can show the same in the backlog, that way we can restrict moving into the sprint.

I am able to see only in the board not in the backlog.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hello, again. 

The color does show in the backlog, and unfortunately the color bars are smaller on the backlog view. If that is not visible enough, you could instead use a quick filter to limit the view of the backlog to just blocked (or not blocked) issues.

For example, if during planning you wanted to focus on non-blocked issues, you could create a quick filter with:

issuelinktype != blocks OR issuelinktype IS EMPTY

Best regards,

Bill