Is this exception familiar ? post 5.0.2 upgrade viewing plans

Here it is: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
com.ibm.team.apt.internal.service.rest.serialize.workitem.WorkItemTypeSerializable.serialize(WorkItemTypeSerializable.java:57)
com.ibm.team.apt.internal.service.rest.serialize.workitem.WorkItemTypeSerializable.serialize(WorkItemTypeSerializable.java:1)
com.ibm.team.apt.internal.service.rest.serialize.AbstractUIItemSerializable.serialize(AbstractUIItemSerializable.java:1)
com.ibm.team.apt.internal.service.rest.serialize.WebUISerializer.buildDTOs(WebUISerializer.java:314)
com.ibm.team.apt.internal.service.rest.PlanRestService.postGetItems2(PlanRestService.java:728)
sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor944.invoke(Unknown Source)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:361)
org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.access$0(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:347)
org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord$ExportedServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:56)
com.sun.proxy.$Proxy794.postGetItems2(Unknown Source)
sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor943.invoke(Unknown Source)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.doModelledRestService(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:567)
com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.handleRequest2(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:2453)
com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.handleRequest(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:2244)
com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.service(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:1761)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)
org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ServletManager$ServletWrapper.service(ServletManager.java:180)
org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.service(ServletRegistration.java:61)
org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:126)
org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:76)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)
org.eclipse.equinox.servletbridge.BridgeServlet.service(BridgeServlet.java:120)
com.ibm.team.repository.server.servletbridge.JazzServlet.service(JazzServlet.java:74)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1230)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:779)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:478)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:178)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.invokeTarget(WebAppFilterChain.java:136)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:97)
com.ibm.team.repository.server.servletbridge.BridgeFilter.processDelegate(BridgeFilter.java:165)
com.ibm.team.repository.server.servletbridge.BridgeFilter.doFilter(BridgeFilter.java:198)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:964)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1104)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:87)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:914)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1662)
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:200)
com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:463)
com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:530)
com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:316)
com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:88)
com.ibm.ws.ssl.channel.impl.SSLReadServiceContext$SSLReadCompletedCallback.complete(SSLReadServiceContext.java:1818)
com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:175)
com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1865)

Two project areas on the RTC server.   Have checked:

• All sections of Configuration  / Planning -- no red flags
• There is a bad work item template, but I doubt that this is the cause.

Subsequent observations:  Both the affect project areas have "dangling" entries in "Quick Information Presentations" that appear to be due to configuration addition that has been mostly excised.

Thanks