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Standup Timer — Keep Daily Standups Short
The easiest way to keep a daily standup to ten minutes is a countdown everyone can see. Set the length, drop the link in your team channel, and project it during the call.
Change the countdown
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Tip on Ko-fiHow to actually keep a standup short
Standups overrun for one reason: nobody can see the time, so nobody self-regulates. Making the countdown visible to the whole team, projected on the call or pasted into the channel, shifts that. People wrap their update as the number drops, because the pressure is coming from a shared fact rather than from someone playing timekeeper.
A simple rule of thumb: for a team of six aiming at ten minutes, that's roughly a minute each with a little slack for the shared stuff. If you're halfway down the clock with more than half the team still to go, that's the signal to park the deep-dives ("let's take that offline") and keep the round moving. The blockers are what standup is for; the debugging session it uncovers belongs in a smaller follow-up, not in front of everyone.
Common questions
Can I pin this link in Slack for the team to reuse?
You can pin it, but remember each link is tied to a specific end time. For a reusable daily habit, it's quickest to hit the same quick-timer button each morning and share that day's fresh link.
Does everyone need to join a call to see it?
No, anyone with the link can open it on their own device, whether they're in a video call, in the office, or just watching from a browser tab.
Will remote and in-office teammates see the same countdown?
Yes, the deadline is one shared instant regardless of device or location, so remote and in-office teammates see identical time remaining.