The good ‘Revit-ing’ guide
"Choose your own adventure!"
Project: Revit Modelling Guide
Role: Design, Graphics, Product Delivery
Duration: July - July 2021
Project Vision
The Revit Modelling Guide is a fun, passive way of learning about better BIM practices. Current education is broad, while specific items of interest to GroupGSA are taught in bullet point form. This project takes education data gathered from internal skill testing, transforming the list of blockers into an educational comic book. Challenges
1. Create easy to digest learning material2. Enable users to enjoy the learning experience3. Provide flexibility in viewing times and locations
Kickoff
This project was an extension of the Revit testing and education program taught at GroupGSA in order to upskill staff. Collecting the data from the Revit testing we found several key areas for people to improve. This was turned into a bullet point list.We then began the process of transforming this list into an educational piece of content. 
Research
We began by interviewing Revit users within the firm. After showing them the list of blockers, we asked how they would like to overcome them. Our hypothesis was that they would like more features added to the list to learn. But we also received alot of useful and interesting feedback.We had two main complaints. One from the older demographic, either new to Revit or infrequent users of it. They explained they did not have the time to learn the program and wanted a quick and easy way to learn the bits they needed.The other was from the frequent users of revit, who found themselves bored to tears with how it is usually taught. Meet the Users
Primary
Name: Zoe
Age: 23
Occupation: Architecture Student
Secondary
Name: PhillipAge: 35Occupation: Associate ArchitectZoe is an architecture student who is still new to Revit and learning its ins and outs. She finds current learning sources tedious without hands on applications. She wants to be able to learn in her free time but feels bored by the prospect. Phillip is an associate architect who spends his time managing projects as well as documenting in Revit. He is very busy so has little time for extracurricular learning. He often asks around him for people to help. Challenge 1Overcoming Blockers
The focus of this project was education. By identifying the major problems shared between users we were able to identify the main blockers to overcome. From there we could cater our teaching document to include only relevant learning information. This is a GroupGSA document and it functions as such. 
Challenge 2The Comic Book
When we released this we got alot of activity and praise for its graphic style. People wanted to skim through it and have a look, despite the fact the content is still very dry. This is an important step in education because even initial glancing is better than what we usually receive from bulletins and email blasts. 
Challenge 3Anywhere, Anytime
By creating a joyful experience, people could have a leisurely browse while commuting home or during their down time. It was created as an educational document for people who are otherwise too busy. They are able to peruse at their discretion. Being entertaining turns this from a boring chore into a quest for more!
Takeaways
This was a really fun and enjoyable exercise. It was a great creative outlet, and produced a really positive result. It did not receive as much attention as hoped for, which impacted how useful it really was. But this can be put down to its marketing as just another BIM management document for people to read.It took a little too long to produce, but in the future I would streamline the process and make better decisions having done it once already. Practice makes perfect!