Bluescape vs. iObeya

This digital version of a pin-up space is absolutely an improvement to my workflow. The input is so robust. What you do with it is where the magic happens. This program is best suited for team collaboration. It helps to discuss how/where the team will contribute information to it--whether that is discussing the templates or a plan of action. Otherwise, the workspace can tend to get messy. I like the idea of having a presentation mode, where some of the markups could be hidden. The idea of a working session with consultants or clients sounds appealing, but at the same time, there is a desire for a cleaned up, clear shareout.

Incentivized

We like the visualization abilities, the professions are visual and it's much better than Jira for collaboration and short daily meetings with the crews. For debugging, working sets... iObeya is really powerful. It allows crisis teams to take care of the issue and immediately set a strategy for action and proceed with execution.

• Allows for a high volume of images and sketches to be put into the canvas
• Lets you drop in text, freehand sketching, and shapes quick and easy
• Can connect images and texts together using connectors, which can be customized

Incentivized

• Easy to use, reliable, the ioBeya team is really professional and quick to respond.
• Easy to install and grip, with a nice clean and organized feel.
• Sense of ubiquity when you need to simultaneously manage remote teams working on the same project.

• You can use Zoom with Bluescape but it requires solid bandwidth and memory by users.
• A breadcrumb trail would be nice to watch students performance.
• I would like individual user analytics for each of my students to see where they’ve been and what contributions each has made.

Incentivized

• Some aspects of API integration can be improved
• For the platform administration, I would like to have more possibilities like exporting the list of room administrators.

We have Workware installed on different computers in our office that were supposed to be great for presentation but we had issues after a user connected their laptop then they no longer had access to our server. If they had files they needed for the presentation they had to save them to their desktop to make sure they were accessible.

Incentivized

• Especially in a remote work environment, Bluescape helps us continue collaborating without missing a beat

Incentivized

• The use of synchronized maps with an associated color code that facilitates detailed and/or global visual management
• We've managed to create visual representations of our backlogs, goals, teams, and give each team the opportunity to use whiteboards on the go.
• The same information visible to everyone at the same time, the efficiency of collaborative work even asynchronously