Somebody has to go first.
The decisions are trivial and the cost is not: the same person volunteers, the same person gets skipped, and whoever is running the meeting spends a little credibility every time they choose. A spin costs nobody anything.
The argument you are having
I'll go, I suppose.
The same two people stop absorbing every unclaimed turn, because the order was not theirs to volunteer for.
Why is it always me presenting?
It is not, and the spin history says so. There is a record rather than an impression.
Any topics for the retro? ... anyone?
Put the topics on a wheel and spin one. Starting is the hard part and the wheel does it.
Whoever runs the meeting decides.
Nobody decides. Share the wheel with the team and anybody can spin it, including whoever is running it that week.
Try it with your own list
Put your team on the wheel and spin for who goes first, right here. Keeping the wheel for every standup is what needs the free account.
- Priya
- Marcus
- Jo
- Sam
- Lena
Tap the wheel to spin. Drag it if you want to throw it.
Commas work too. Up to 5 names here; a free account holds your whole list.
Saving needs a free account. Free wheels hold 10 names, Pro holds 10,000.
What you get
One wheel, the whole teamPro
A team owns its wheels, so they are not stuck in one person's account when that person is on holiday. Up to 3 teams of 10.
Roles that mean something
Owner, admin, editor and viewer. You can only grant a role you could later take back, so nobody can lock you out of your own team.
Joining is free
Seats come out of the team owner's plan, so being invited to somebody else's team costs you nothing on any plan.
A record, not an impression
Every spin is kept with its result and time and exports as a CSV, which settles the question of whether it really is always the same person.
What it costs you
Spinning for standup order works on the free plan today: 3 wheels of 10 entries covers most teams. What is Pro is the wheel belonging to the *team* rather than to you, so it survives you being away. Being invited to a team someone else owns is free on any plan.
See both plansQuestions people actually ask
Does everyone in the team need Pro?
No. Seats are counted against the plan of whoever owns the team, so the people you invite can be on the free plan.
Can a team member delete our wheels?
Only if you give them a role that allows it. A viewer can look at wheels and their results and change nothing.
Can we keep a wheel private to the team?
Yes. Private is the default: only you and your team can see it. A wheel is only reachable by link once you choose to share it.