Learning Launch 

 Challenge 

 I am a Project Engineer working in the construction department of a leading property   development in Hong Kong and the challenges which I regularly encounter are to attempt to   increase the motivation of self - ownership of allocated tasks / projects of each of my team   members and to improve on identifying , then prioritizing the allocated tasks to improve the   overall efficiency of the team . In the industry I am currently working in , it is a common and   difficult item to overcome simply because there are always emergency issues which we have   to deal with on a daily basis ( besides what we are given and planned to do ) . Due to this   nature of my industry , the team ’s work capacity can sometimes be overloaded and   therefore adversely impacting the overall efficiency of the team if prioritization is not   implemented . 

 Selection 

 I selected “ Learning Launch ” as the design thinking tool which I attempted to implement to   my challenges as mentioned above . Our team has previously had several internal progress   meetings , identifying what we were encountering , the issues ahead , possible plan of attack   and has had chances to voice out the feelings felt under extreme work pressure and   circumstances . 

 With the design thinking tool , Learning Launch , I was confident to setting new directions   ( design launches ) and putting the directions into prototype for testing which would benefit   my team one way or another . 

 Application 

 As a starting point , my team and I focused mainly on increasing our self - initiatives and in   particular to report progress and providing follow up action plans . We followed closely on   the company structure and were aware of who the direct line of report was for each team   member . This learning launch approach examined the assumption of which the lack of   ownership and initiatives was due to the insufficiency of clear direction from superior   management and lack of overlooking , communication and guidance . With this approach put   in place , we anticipated that by encouraging as well as enforcing regular progress updates ,   each team member would be committed to the tasks / projects they were involved in and   increased their attention to the details on what they were working on . 

 For the second learning launch approach , we focused on creating a regularly updated   master work plan to record the known and planned tasks as well as the unknown daily   emergencies which we anticipated to encounter every day . This learning launch approach   examined our assumption on which the key cause to our challenge was the disruption of our   planned tasks by sudden happenings and daily emergency issues . Our team first created a 

 master work plan , recorded all the tasks / projects and the owner of each onto a whiteboard .   We then listed the deadlines of each item , where the same deadlines appeared we then   measured and attempted to agree on the priority for sorting . When an emergency issue   arrived , we also recorded it in the same way as the planned tasks so it was clearly presented   to every member of the team . The approach had been given a timeframe of one week test   period . 

 Insight and Approach 

 My team and I followed the design launches for the set timeframe and the result reflected   that our initial assumptions were mostly accurate , except for the second launch . The second   design launch helped and improved on the situation when daily emergency issues arise . It is   however , due to the nature of the construction industry , the number of spontaneous issues   can be quite extreme and therefore the “ master work plan ” design had felt its pressure .   Following the mechanism of design thinking tool , we will amend our second design launch   and build another prototype for trial . 

 We felt that we have selected the correct design thinking tool to solve the main challenges   which have adversely impacted our team ’s overall efficiency and internal task ownership . It   is by far the most effective tool we have attempted to implement within our team .   Personally , the design thinking tool has benefited me with micro - management and it would   be just as benefit for macro - management which I would recommend to my superior for   their implementation . 


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: Learning Launch 

 Challenge 

 I am a Project Engineer working in the construction department of a leading property   development in Hong Kong and the challenges which I regularly encounter are to attempt to   increase the motivation of self - ownership of allocated tasks / projects of each of my team   members and to improve on identifying , then prioritizing the allocated tasks to improve the   overall efficiency of the team . In the industry I am currently working in , it is a common and   difficult item to overcome simply because there are always emergency issues which we have   to deal with on a daily basis ( besides what we are given and planned to do ) . Due to this   nature of my industry , the team ’s work capacity can sometimes be overloaded and   therefore adversely impacting the overall efficiency of the team if prioritization is not   implemented . 

 Selection 

 I selected “ Learning Launch ” as the design thinking tool which I attempted to implement to   my challenges as mentioned above . Our team has previously had several internal progress   meetings , identifying what we were encountering , the issues ahead , possible plan of attack   and has had chances to voice out the feelings felt under extreme work pressure and   circumstances . 

 With the design thinking tool , Learning Launch , I was confident to setting new directions   ( design launches ) and putting the directions into prototype for testing which would benefit   my team one way or another . 

 Application 

 As a starting point , my team and I focused mainly on increasing our self - initiatives and in   particular to report progress and providing follow up action plans . We followed closely on   the company structure and were aware of who the direct line of report was for each team   member . This learning launch approach examined the assumption of which the lack of   ownership and initiatives was due to the insufficiency of clear direction from superior   management and lack of overlooking , communication and guidance . With this approach put   in place , we anticipated that by encouraging as well as enforcing regular progress updates ,   each team member would be committed to the tasks / projects they were involved in and   increased their attention to the details on what they were working on . 

 For the second learning launch approach , we focused on creating a regularly updated   master work plan to record the known and planned tasks as well as the unknown daily   emergencies which we anticipated to encounter every day . This learning launch approach   examined our assumption on which the key cause to our challenge was the disruption of our   planned tasks by sudden happenings and daily emergency issues . Our team first created a 

 master work plan , recorded all the tasks / projects and the owner of each onto a whiteboard .   We then listed the deadlines of each item , where the same deadlines appeared we then   measured and attempted to agree on the priority for sorting . When an emergency issue   arrived , we also recorded it in the same way as the planned tasks so it was clearly presented   to every member of the team . The approach had been given a timeframe of one week test   period . 

 Insight and Approach 

 My team and I followed the design launches for the set timeframe and the result reflected   that our initial assumptions were mostly accurate , except for the second launch . The second   design launch helped and improved on the situation when daily emergency issues arise . It is   however , due to the nature of the construction industry , the number of spontaneous issues   can be quite extreme and therefore the “ master work plan ” design had felt its pressure .   Following the mechanism of design thinking tool , we will amend our second design launch   and build another prototype for trial . 

 We felt that we have selected the correct design thinking tool to solve the main challenges   which have adversely impacted our team ’s overall efficiency and internal task ownership . It   is by far the most effective tool we have attempted to implement within our team .   Personally , the design thinking tool has benefited me with micro - management and it would   be just as benefit for macro - management which I would recommend to my superior for   their implementation .
### Output: 