Blocker trends

Overview

Solving individual blockers is reactive. Identifying patterns in what’s blocking your team is how you fix systemic problems. This preset analyzes every blocker from the past month to show you what keeps coming up.

What this is for

This preset solves the systemic problem identification challenge. Your team files blockers when they get stuck, but those reports are scattered across updates and forgotten once resolved. You’re always in firefighting mode, solving the same types of problems repeatedly because you’re not seeing the pattern.

The Blocker trends preset analyzes all blockers from the past 30 days and identifies the top 5 recurring themes, complete with examples of each. Instead of reacting to individual incidents, you can address root causes. If “waiting for design feedback” shows up 12 times, you know you have a design process problem, not 12 separate issues.

Who should use this

Engineering managers tired of solving the same problems over and over who want to fix processes instead of symptoms. You’ll see exactly which issues are chronic so you can invest in permanent solutions.

Team leads running retrospectives who need data about what’s actually blocking their team. You’ll have concrete examples of recurring friction instead of relying on what people remember complaining about.

Operations managers responsible for team velocity who need to identify and remove organizational bottlenecks. You’ll spot which dependencies or handoffs consistently cause delays.

The prompt

Summarize the top 5 trends in blockers for the past 30 days, with totals and up to 5 examples for each.

How to use

Click here to create a new Echo using this preset. You'll be able to customize the prompt and schedule before it starts generating answers.