Challenge :    I work in Human Resources , and have been engaged in different facets of HR . One of the challenges that   I have taken into consideration is the process that we have in HR for transmission of payroll changes in   terms of terminations , new hires , changes in salary etc … and how this is communicated to payroll for   them to take the appropriate action .    The process for many years has been paper action forms for each action which I had to manually create   for each change that payroll needed to complete and send it to them . This seemed too cumbersome to   complete for each payroll- i.e every two weeks .      Selection : The tool I selected in the exercise was Visualization tool . This would enable the team and   myself to clearly help in showing the process of what the problem is and how it can bring out ideas on   how to use a better process for the problem stated . It would create a platform to generate , visualize and   classify ideas to see different patterns and insights that are received . 

 Application : I started by using a whiteboard and different colors . The next step was to meet with the HR   and payroll team and who are the key stakeholders in the process and get everyone together . The   problem was written out in the center of the whiteboard , and everyone on the team discussed the   intent of action forms , the process that was being followed , what the pros and cons were , how and why   this process which was being implemented has been followed for so many years , have times changed ,   what are the other processed that can be followed using current trends which would be better aligned   to the solution . All these were written out on the whiteboard using different colors . After the session , I   used the whiteboard to create a view that combined the new insights from the group discussion , and   then create a revised graphic that incorporated their feedback and proposed changes that they agreed   to as a group . 

 Insight & Approach : Insight that I gained by using the mind mapping tool was that it is a great way to   create a shared understanding between multiple teams/ stakeholders in different roles . Creating visual   depiction of the problem gets everyone to understand the problem in the same way and helps getting   everyone at the same page quicker . Another great use that I found for visualization in this whole process   is clearly defined , and everyone is able to see the problem , and what the solutions can be taken in a very   visual way that makes sense . This enabled the group to see that this process of completing action forms   was quite outdated , and easier version which still captures the whole process and keeps the integrity   intact would work with using an excel sheet .   This process was very I plan to use visualization tool more   often in my future projects which need to solve such complex problems in a diverse group of people . 


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: Challenge :    I work in Human Resources , and have been engaged in different facets of HR . One of the challenges that   I have taken into consideration is the process that we have in HR for transmission of payroll changes in   terms of terminations , new hires , changes in salary etc … and how this is communicated to payroll for   them to take the appropriate action .    The process for many years has been paper action forms for each action which I had to manually create   for each change that payroll needed to complete and send it to them . This seemed too cumbersome to   complete for each payroll- i.e every two weeks .      Selection : The tool I selected in the exercise was Visualization tool . This would enable the team and   myself to clearly help in showing the process of what the problem is and how it can bring out ideas on   how to use a better process for the problem stated . It would create a platform to generate , visualize and   classify ideas to see different patterns and insights that are received . 

 Application : I started by using a whiteboard and different colors . The next step was to meet with the HR   and payroll team and who are the key stakeholders in the process and get everyone together . The   problem was written out in the center of the whiteboard , and everyone on the team discussed the   intent of action forms , the process that was being followed , what the pros and cons were , how and why   this process which was being implemented has been followed for so many years , have times changed ,   what are the other processed that can be followed using current trends which would be better aligned   to the solution . All these were written out on the whiteboard using different colors . After the session , I   used the whiteboard to create a view that combined the new insights from the group discussion , and   then create a revised graphic that incorporated their feedback and proposed changes that they agreed   to as a group . 

 Insight & Approach : Insight that I gained by using the mind mapping tool was that it is a great way to   create a shared understanding between multiple teams/ stakeholders in different roles . Creating visual   depiction of the problem gets everyone to understand the problem in the same way and helps getting   everyone at the same page quicker . Another great use that I found for visualization in this whole process   is clearly defined , and everyone is able to see the problem , and what the solutions can be taken in a very   visual way that makes sense . This enabled the group to see that this process of completing action forms   was quite outdated , and easier version which still captures the whole process and keeps the integrity   intact would work with using an excel sheet .   This process was very I plan to use visualization tool more   often in my future projects which need to solve such complex problems in a diverse group of people .
### Output: 