Design Thinking – Visualization 

 Kenichi Watanabe 

 Challenge & Selection : 

 The challenge I have in my organization is that we need to better manage our resources   time and allocation in the projects that the company has during the year and coming   years … The tool I used for this is Visualization or Visual Thinking to better understand   the problem between all IT team members in my department . The approach I used was   to first identity a way to how we could “ predict ” how much time each resource would be   working on specific projects during the next weeks . I started the brainstorming with an   empty excel spreadsheet where we “ IT team members ” would have to come up with   possible screens / fields that are needed in order to enter the work allocation for each   resource during the next weeks . This way we were able to create a “ draft ” template for   what a possible solution could look like to resolve our resource allocation in the projects .   The whole idea is to avoid that people are over - allocated and if they are working too   much , that creates other problems such as stress , quality issues , overtime costs , etc … 

 Application : 

 Once we had the initial “ draft ” excel spreadsheet created , we started the discussion   about how a possible solution could look like based on this template … We all got   together and started to think / imagine how the application should work , the possible   sequence , screens , fields , etc … and then we used a tool called “ Bootstrap Studio ” to   design the first prototype . This is one of the best ways to better visualize how the   solution could be created / developed , the steps , the screens , fields , behavior , user   interaction , etc … 

 We hard - coded all values for each step , screens , fields to better understand / visualize   what else could be missing , and finally we had the initial prototype created ( without any   database integration ) … 

 Insight & Approach : 

 When the initial prototype was complete , I learned that with this exercise with the team   members we could better understand the problem and we even came up with an initial   prototype of how the possible solution should be … We started to evaluate the options   about if we should develop our own software / solution for resource management or if we   should go with an existing option available in the market … After some weeks of   research , comparisons , discussions , a few trials , project costs vs benefits , etc … We   finally decided that an online solution which is pretty similar to the initial prototype would   fit the needs of our organization . We decided to go with a saas solution called “ 10000 ft ”   for resource management , and it fits pretty well our problem , and we are definitely   happy with the decision … 😊 


EMAIL: 
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NAME_STUDENT: Kenichi Watanabe
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### 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: Design Thinking – Visualization 

 Kenichi Watanabe 

 Challenge & Selection : 

 The challenge I have in my organization is that we need to better manage our resources   time and allocation in the projects that the company has during the year and coming   years … The tool I used for this is Visualization or Visual Thinking to better understand   the problem between all IT team members in my department . The approach I used was   to first identity a way to how we could “ predict ” how much time each resource would be   working on specific projects during the next weeks . I started the brainstorming with an   empty excel spreadsheet where we “ IT team members ” would have to come up with   possible screens / fields that are needed in order to enter the work allocation for each   resource during the next weeks . This way we were able to create a “ draft ” template for   what a possible solution could look like to resolve our resource allocation in the projects .   The whole idea is to avoid that people are over - allocated and if they are working too   much , that creates other problems such as stress , quality issues , overtime costs , etc … 

 Application : 

 Once we had the initial “ draft ” excel spreadsheet created , we started the discussion   about how a possible solution could look like based on this template … We all got   together and started to think / imagine how the application should work , the possible   sequence , screens , fields , etc … and then we used a tool called “ Bootstrap Studio ” to   design the first prototype . This is one of the best ways to better visualize how the   solution could be created / developed , the steps , the screens , fields , behavior , user   interaction , etc … 

 We hard - coded all values for each step , screens , fields to better understand / visualize   what else could be missing , and finally we had the initial prototype created ( without any   database integration ) … 

 Insight & Approach : 

 When the initial prototype was complete , I learned that with this exercise with the team   members we could better understand the problem and we even came up with an initial   prototype of how the possible solution should be … We started to evaluate the options   about if we should develop our own software / solution for resource management or if we   should go with an existing option available in the market … After some weeks of   research , comparisons , discussions , a few trials , project costs vs benefits , etc … We   finally decided that an online solution which is pretty similar to the initial prototype would   fit the needs of our organization . We decided to go with a saas solution called “ 10000 ft ”   for resource management , and it fits pretty well our problem , and we are definitely   happy with the decision … 😊
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