Item: Bluescape
Rating: 10
Author: Lana N. Thorpe, AIA, NCARB

Overall Satisfaction with Bluescape

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Bluescape as a collaboration tool across our organization during the design process. It helps support our creative process remotely and in real time.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Able to drag and drop other common programs--PowerPoints, PDFs, live links
Customizable templates
Mark up and add notes from large groups or teams
Visual storyboard

Cons

Chat function is less than ideal. It is easy to lose track of a conversation or a comment. We find making comments on the workspace turns out to be more effective.
Mentions--it would be nice to be able to assign groups within the people added to the workspace. Sometimes it'd be nice to do a quick mention with out having to do @everyone or type several names in (@person1, @person 2, etc.)
Infinite scalability

Most Important Features

Ease of use; cloud based
Templates and compatibility with other programs
The ability to alert someone to new content

Return on Investment

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

Key Insights

Do you think Bluescape delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Bluescape's feature set?

Yes

Did Bluescape live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Bluescape go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Bluescape again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Revit, Microsoft Teams, SketchUp, Smartsheet, Bluebeam Revu

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.

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