Ovira je karkoli, kar upočasnjuje ekipo in je ekipa ne more enostavno rešiti sama. Naloga Scrum Mastera je, da ovire postane vidne, odloči, kdo je najbolje postavljen za odstranitev vsake ovire, in sledi izvedbi — pri čemer usposablja ekipo, da sama očisti majhne ovire.
Preprost delovni tok
1. SURFACE capture impediments (standup, board, retro)
2. TRIAGE team-solvable? coach them. Org-level? escalate.
3. OWN assign an owner and a next action with a date
4. TRACK keep an impediment log; review until cleared
5. PREVENT feed recurring blockers into the Retrospective
