1 . Challenge 

 My employer is an international holding of mostly agro - industrial companies that is   present in several countries , namely United States of America , United Kingdom ,   Spain , France , Italy , Australia , Argentina and Uruguay . 

 I work in the application systems department , which has presence only in the US ,   Spain , Argentina and Uruguay . We service all our internal customers ( the companies   belonging to the group ) from these 4 countries with a handful of people . 

 We execute either packaged application software implementation or custom - made   software development , via selecting software applications and service vendors . We   have a very streamlined process for executing both kinds of projects within time and   budget constraints , but our software and vendor selection process has high   variability and we would like to reduce it , in order to make it more predictable and   repetitive . 

 2 . Selection 

 We have written procedures for almost everything . We failed miserably trying to   describe a thorough software and vendor selection process . So we decided to   experiment with the mind mapping technique , to see whether it was useful to get   out of the deadlock we all peers got when writing documents starting from different   points of view , that are due to the group members ’ personal backgrounds , as well as   cultural nuances owed to the distinct geographies present in the group . 

 3 . Application 

 With the use of collaborative software , we started drawing isolated concepts on a   piece of ( digital ) “ paper ” , allowing each of the participants to suggest these concepts ,   but asking everyone not to relate concepts , just mentioning them . There was a   moderator . 

 After the group ran out of ideas regarding concepts ( more than 30 were mentioned ,   some examples were : application software , vendor , request for proposal , proposal ,   contract , project , staff , negotiation , price , duration , effort , features , etc . ) , all of us were   encouraged to draw lines relating concepts . Lines could be of 2 types : plain lines or   arrows . Arrows were used to show dependences ( concept B depends on concept A ) . 

 We stopped just after relating the concepts and had a second session a couple of   days later , where we segmented the conceptual map into deliverables and the   remaining concepts . Deliverables were sequenced or parallelized , and a first draft of   a process was naturally drawn . 

 4 . Insight 

 I am a trained software engineer and always use the toolbox metaphor , but in my   experience , there are some tools I learnt that I never used . So I am pretty skeptical   regarding carrying extra tools in the toolbox if I am not sure that these will be of use . 

 Mind mapping has revealed itself to me of being a very interesting alternative when   reaching a deadlock , especially when discussing by e - mail or by sharing written   documents . Having several people , especially peers   ( or even by oneself , if one has   the sufficient discipline ) think about concepts and posting them on a board without   prejudices , followed by linking them in any possible way opens many possibilities   that are uncovered otherwise . 

 5 . Approach 

 Now I am looking to expand its use . Not only will I use it for internal situations , such   as the one described above , but I am wondering to use it for situations where there   are conflicts . Typically I generally face conflicts with internal customers ( group   companies ) and suppliers ( non - group companies ) . If both sides are interested in   reaching common ground , why ca n’t mind mapping be explored as a   complementary aid to standard negotiation techniques ? 


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: 1 . Challenge 

 My employer is an international holding of mostly agro - industrial companies that is   present in several countries , namely United States of America , United Kingdom ,   Spain , France , Italy , Australia , Argentina and Uruguay . 

 I work in the application systems department , which has presence only in the US ,   Spain , Argentina and Uruguay . We service all our internal customers ( the companies   belonging to the group ) from these 4 countries with a handful of people . 

 We execute either packaged application software implementation or custom - made   software development , via selecting software applications and service vendors . We   have a very streamlined process for executing both kinds of projects within time and   budget constraints , but our software and vendor selection process has high   variability and we would like to reduce it , in order to make it more predictable and   repetitive . 

 2 . Selection 

 We have written procedures for almost everything . We failed miserably trying to   describe a thorough software and vendor selection process . So we decided to   experiment with the mind mapping technique , to see whether it was useful to get   out of the deadlock we all peers got when writing documents starting from different   points of view , that are due to the group members ’ personal backgrounds , as well as   cultural nuances owed to the distinct geographies present in the group . 

 3 . Application 

 With the use of collaborative software , we started drawing isolated concepts on a   piece of ( digital ) “ paper ” , allowing each of the participants to suggest these concepts ,   but asking everyone not to relate concepts , just mentioning them . There was a   moderator . 

 After the group ran out of ideas regarding concepts ( more than 30 were mentioned ,   some examples were : application software , vendor , request for proposal , proposal ,   contract , project , staff , negotiation , price , duration , effort , features , etc . ) , all of us were   encouraged to draw lines relating concepts . Lines could be of 2 types : plain lines or   arrows . Arrows were used to show dependences ( concept B depends on concept A ) . 

 We stopped just after relating the concepts and had a second session a couple of   days later , where we segmented the conceptual map into deliverables and the   remaining concepts . Deliverables were sequenced or parallelized , and a first draft of   a process was naturally drawn . 

 4 . Insight 

 I am a trained software engineer and always use the toolbox metaphor , but in my   experience , there are some tools I learnt that I never used . So I am pretty skeptical   regarding carrying extra tools in the toolbox if I am not sure that these will be of use . 

 Mind mapping has revealed itself to me of being a very interesting alternative when   reaching a deadlock , especially when discussing by e - mail or by sharing written   documents . Having several people , especially peers   ( or even by oneself , if one has   the sufficient discipline ) think about concepts and posting them on a board without   prejudices , followed by linking them in any possible way opens many possibilities   that are uncovered otherwise . 

 5 . Approach 

 Now I am looking to expand its use . Not only will I use it for internal situations , such   as the one described above , but I am wondering to use it for situations where there   are conflicts . Typically I generally face conflicts with internal customers ( group   companies ) and suppliers ( non - group companies ) . If both sides are interested in   reaching common ground , why ca n’t mind mapping be explored as a   complementary aid to standard negotiation techniques ?
### Output: 