> But why can't those two just tell the team they're blocked via email/IM? I agree with you. You're better having this kind of stuff on a planning board so you

> But why can't those two just tell the team they're blocked via email/IM? I agree with you. You're better having this kind of stuff on a planning board so you can easily see the status of every task with all the information in one place. Why do I need to know the reason for a task being blocked when I'm not working on it and can't do anything to help?