Reflection - Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I am a graphic and product designer . I work at a fintech startup . As a UX designer , I worked on a 

 sophisticated application in stock investing . At the first stage of the project , we spoke with 

 stakeholders , target users , developers and , we had a lot of meetings that had to explain our 

 project to them .   The explanation of a complicated application in verbal communication is not 

 easy . Almost every time that we represented our project , there was a lot of question from the 

 audience . So , I decided to create an overview of the application I am designing , showing how all 

 its parts work together . Because design is visualization of a solution , I decided to use mind 

 mapping for this challenge . 

 Application 

 First of all , I use a big board to apply all parts of the application . I put the application in the center 

 of the board and connect different parts of that with a line . For the primary stage of the project , 

 we focused on the most important parts of it , and after we got feedback from the target users , 

 we decided to add new features to our mind map . After I finished the poster , I took a picture of 

 that , and I put it on our pitch - deck . 

 Insight 

 After applying the mind mapping tool to our project , we got great feedback . We could very 

 easily communicate with our team , developers , key stakeholders , and especially the investors . 

 This caused me to use it in the next stage of the project , and I added new features to the mind 

 map . This result made me use other techniques of design thinking on my projects . 

 I learned that I should give it a try the next time in one of these situations : 

 1 - Discover new features of the application I am working on . In this case , I can just try drawing 

 new connections between entities or adding more entities to the equation . 

 2- I want to find edge cases and to detect critical global areas . 

 Approach 

 Based on the feedback we got from all of the stakeholders , I will use this tool in my other 

 projects and another stage of this project . Because we could communicate easier than in past 

 time and spend less time to explain our project after using this tool . I think I use this tool in 

 some other part of the next project because this tool can use in many parts of the UX projects . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection - Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I am a graphic and product designer . I work at a fintech startup . As a UX designer , I worked on a 

 sophisticated application in stock investing . At the first stage of the project , we spoke with 

 stakeholders , target users , developers and , we had a lot of meetings that had to explain our 

 project to them .   The explanation of a complicated application in verbal communication is not 

 easy . Almost every time that we represented our project , there was a lot of question from the 

 audience . So , I decided to create an overview of the application I am designing , showing how all 

 its parts work together . Because design is visualization of a solution , I decided to use mind 

 mapping for this challenge . 

 Application 

 First of all , I use a big board to apply all parts of the application . I put the application in the center 

 of the board and connect different parts of that with a line . For the primary stage of the project , 

 we focused on the most important parts of it , and after we got feedback from the target users , 

 we decided to add new features to our mind map . After I finished the poster , I took a picture of 

 that , and I put it on our pitch - deck . 

 Insight 

 After applying the mind mapping tool to our project , we got great feedback . We could very 

 easily communicate with our team , developers , key stakeholders , and especially the investors . 

 This caused me to use it in the next stage of the project , and I added new features to the mind 

 map . This result made me use other techniques of design thinking on my projects . 

 I learned that I should give it a try the next time in one of these situations : 

 1 - Discover new features of the application I am working on . In this case , I can just try drawing 

 new connections between entities or adding more entities to the equation . 

 2- I want to find edge cases and to detect critical global areas . 

 Approach 

 Based on the feedback we got from all of the stakeholders , I will use this tool in my other 

 projects and another stage of this project . Because we could communicate easier than in past 

 time and spend less time to explain our project after using this tool . I think I use this tool in 

 some other part of the next project because this tool can use in many parts of the UX projects .
### Output: 