How to Set a Timer for Your Retro

One of the main concerns of any excellent retrospective facilitator is keeping the meeting on track and productive. Time management is a key factor of making sure the team’s conversation is moving at a healthy pace towards generating actionable takeaways from the retrospective meeting.

Most facilitators will time certain parts of the retrospective to make sure the group doesn’t run out of time to create their list of action items. For example, 10 mins to add ideas to the board, 5 mins to vote, 25 mins discussion.

ScatterSpoke has your back! There is a built-in timer on your retrospective board to help you time any part of your team retro.

Facilitators can set the timer to any duration in minutes using the Timer button at the bottom of the board.

Click Start Timer when you feel that the team is ready to jump into the next timebox of the meeting. When the timer starts, all participants will receive a notification pop-up at the bottom left corner of their screens.

In addition, participants can keep track of their time on the bottom of the retrospective board, where a dynamic countdown clock will be displayed.