Federation 

 By Sara Garcia 

 Challenge 

 With a history of working on multiple projects I ( and assuming many others ) have faced    a very peculiar conundrum throughout a project ’s creation lifecycle . 

 Whenever a new project is executed , post an initial meeting , every team scatters and    starts ideating their own version of the project which ideally roots out and grows from 

 their areas of expertise . I.e a developer would ideate from a developer ’s POV focusing 

 more on the technical aspects and a Business developer would do it from their POV 

 focusing on business goals etc . 

 The challenge here is to ensure that every team member involved in the project has a    common understanding of the project regardless of their involvement at any stage of 

 the project . 

 The solution to this challenge seems simple on the outside yet precarious when tackled . 

 Selection 

 The tool selected for this challenge is Mind mapping , due to its ability to visually    communicate large chunks of information in an organised manner . The tool would free 

 up useful time which would otherwise be wasted explaining all the information to bring 

 people up to speed . 

 Application 

 The approach was to create multiple mind maps at various stages which would    showcase the entire project journey and ensure any participant who would join midway 

 in the project would catch up with the least amount of time wasted , this would also 

 ensure that each member is in sync with the final goal of the project as well while being 

 able to see a broad view of the project to provide better ideas and spot potential issues . 

 Once a project was initiated , An empty room was selected and a ​client mind map​ was    created which contained all of the client ’s insights . This helped the design team process 

 the information faster and proceed with the next steps of ideation . Post the ideation 

 session another mind map ( ​ideation mind map​ ) was created to showcase a refined 

 project idea which incorporated multiple missing facets that would otherwise impact 

 the success of the project . Post ideation was the research and design , we added in the 

 research information into the ‘ ideation mind map ’ and the result of the design team was 

 a set of wireframes organised as app flows which were placed beside the ideation mind 

 map and showcased the resulting output of the project . 

 At this stage the client , a few developers , and business development team were    brought in to look at the work in progress . 

 Rather than explaining the complete process and work done by the design team , we    asked the client , developers and business development team to spend a few minutes 

 looking at the Client mind map , then the ideation mind map and then the app flow . 

 This brought all the stakeholders of the project in sync with the current status of the    project , the direction and saved everyone a lot of time . We proceeded doing this at the 

 next few stages of the design and development cycles to ensure the complete project 

 journey is captured and each stakeholder is updated with the project status and 

 direction regardless of the time they joined the project . 

 Insight 

 During the complete process of this experiment I noticed increased efficiency , better    idea generation and a unified hive style thinking approach that is seen when 

 participants have spent close to 6 - 7 months working on the same project . 

 We were also able to generate ideas beyond our fields of expertise and also catch    issues that would have resulted in a lot of rework and significant loss for the client . 

 We had a few participants who had to keep shifting from project to project throughout    the process and they found it a lot easier to catch up with the progress and provide 

 useful insights during the time they spent . 

 Overall , I was able to open my mind and think from various other perspectives , in a way    following this process helped us to get out of our metaphorical boxes , work together 

 towards a common goal and this helped us provide better quality to our clients . 

 Approach 

 Next time , I would probably involve a few additional people from specific fields when    constructing and app of a particular user base . Ex - if I were to create an alternative to 

 facebook AD manager , I would do my research , but also include multiple digital 

 marketers to the team and create a custom mind map of their thoughts on an ideal 

 application and also involve them in ideation sessions to help refine the alternative 

 application even more to suit its end users . 

 ----------Thanks for reading---------- 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: Sara Garcia
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: Federation 

 By Sara Garcia 

 Challenge 

 With a history of working on multiple projects I ( and assuming many others ) have faced    a very peculiar conundrum throughout a project ’s creation lifecycle . 

 Whenever a new project is executed , post an initial meeting , every team scatters and    starts ideating their own version of the project which ideally roots out and grows from 

 their areas of expertise . I.e a developer would ideate from a developer ’s POV focusing 

 more on the technical aspects and a Business developer would do it from their POV 

 focusing on business goals etc . 

 The challenge here is to ensure that every team member involved in the project has a    common understanding of the project regardless of their involvement at any stage of 

 the project . 

 The solution to this challenge seems simple on the outside yet precarious when tackled . 

 Selection 

 The tool selected for this challenge is Mind mapping , due to its ability to visually    communicate large chunks of information in an organised manner . The tool would free 

 up useful time which would otherwise be wasted explaining all the information to bring 

 people up to speed . 

 Application 

 The approach was to create multiple mind maps at various stages which would    showcase the entire project journey and ensure any participant who would join midway 

 in the project would catch up with the least amount of time wasted , this would also 

 ensure that each member is in sync with the final goal of the project as well while being 

 able to see a broad view of the project to provide better ideas and spot potential issues . 

 Once a project was initiated , An empty room was selected and a ​client mind map​ was    created which contained all of the client ’s insights . This helped the design team process 

 the information faster and proceed with the next steps of ideation . Post the ideation 

 session another mind map ( ​ideation mind map​ ) was created to showcase a refined 

 project idea which incorporated multiple missing facets that would otherwise impact 

 the success of the project . Post ideation was the research and design , we added in the 

 research information into the ‘ ideation mind map ’ and the result of the design team was 

 a set of wireframes organised as app flows which were placed beside the ideation mind 

 map and showcased the resulting output of the project . 

 At this stage the client , a few developers , and business development team were    brought in to look at the work in progress . 

 Rather than explaining the complete process and work done by the design team , we    asked the client , developers and business development team to spend a few minutes 

 looking at the Client mind map , then the ideation mind map and then the app flow . 

 This brought all the stakeholders of the project in sync with the current status of the    project , the direction and saved everyone a lot of time . We proceeded doing this at the 

 next few stages of the design and development cycles to ensure the complete project 

 journey is captured and each stakeholder is updated with the project status and 

 direction regardless of the time they joined the project . 

 Insight 

 During the complete process of this experiment I noticed increased efficiency , better    idea generation and a unified hive style thinking approach that is seen when 

 participants have spent close to 6 - 7 months working on the same project . 

 We were also able to generate ideas beyond our fields of expertise and also catch    issues that would have resulted in a lot of rework and significant loss for the client . 

 We had a few participants who had to keep shifting from project to project throughout    the process and they found it a lot easier to catch up with the progress and provide 

 useful insights during the time they spent . 

 Overall , I was able to open my mind and think from various other perspectives , in a way    following this process helped us to get out of our metaphorical boxes , work together 

 towards a common goal and this helped us provide better quality to our clients . 

 Approach 

 Next time , I would probably involve a few additional people from specific fields when    constructing and app of a particular user base . Ex - if I were to create an alternative to 

 facebook AD manager , I would do my research , but also include multiple digital 

 marketers to the team and create a custom mind map of their thoughts on an ideal 

 application and also involve them in ideation sessions to help refine the alternative 

 application even more to suit its end users . 

 ----------Thanks for reading----------
### Output: 