Example Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge 

 I am a consultant providing interim financial assistance primarily to Fortune 1000 companies during   critical times of need .   My responsibilities include , but are not limited to , accounting assistance , financial   reporting and analysis , accounting research , internal auditing , divestiture support , and special project   implementation . I am currently aiding the implementing of new accounting consolidation software at   my client . 

 Selection 

 To successfully manage the implementation of new accounting software consolidation , I must think   outside the box to transform this complex issue into a practical solution .   The most effective way for me   to communicate is through visualization . 

 Application 

 The first step in my process was gathering as much data about the organizational structure that I could   find so I could gain an understanding of the parent company and all of its subsidiaries , which entities   were doing business with one another , and if we needed to eliminate these transactions during the   consolidation process .   Once I was done gathering all of this data , I found that there were over thirty   entities that consolidate into the parent .   Each company can easily be identified by a four - digit number . 

 I worked with the legal team to gain an understanding of the business structure .   I worked with the   accounting department to understand how they were recording transactions between related parties   and how they expected the consolidation software to work .   I also worked with the IT department to   understand their design and logic for the consolidation software . 

 Once I had a good understanding of what needed to be accomplished , I put together a flowchart of how   I believed the company wanted the consolidation software to work .   I showed the hierarchy of the   parent company at the highest level and then all of the subsidiaries with their four - digit identifier and   eliminating entities below .   I scheduled a meeting with accounting and IT and we walked through my   flowchart in detail to understand exactly how the consolidation software needed to be designed . We are   currently still in the design phase and will move forward with testing in a few weeks . 

 Insight 

 During the information collecting gathering phases I quickly realized that I was getting lost in the detail   and could n’t remember the organizational structure so that ’s when I turned to visualization .   As I was   having conversations with different business units I was taking notes and using the four - digit numbers to   map a hierarchy of the business and eventually designed the flowchart for the company . 

 Approach 

 I learned that visualization was the best tool to use for this project and without putting together a   flowchart I do not think this would have been a successful design .   During the testing phase of this   project I will be incorporating what I learned from the learning launch module to this project . 


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: Example Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge 

 I am a consultant providing interim financial assistance primarily to Fortune 1000 companies during   critical times of need .   My responsibilities include , but are not limited to , accounting assistance , financial   reporting and analysis , accounting research , internal auditing , divestiture support , and special project   implementation . I am currently aiding the implementing of new accounting consolidation software at   my client . 

 Selection 

 To successfully manage the implementation of new accounting software consolidation , I must think   outside the box to transform this complex issue into a practical solution .   The most effective way for me   to communicate is through visualization . 

 Application 

 The first step in my process was gathering as much data about the organizational structure that I could   find so I could gain an understanding of the parent company and all of its subsidiaries , which entities   were doing business with one another , and if we needed to eliminate these transactions during the   consolidation process .   Once I was done gathering all of this data , I found that there were over thirty   entities that consolidate into the parent .   Each company can easily be identified by a four - digit number . 

 I worked with the legal team to gain an understanding of the business structure .   I worked with the   accounting department to understand how they were recording transactions between related parties   and how they expected the consolidation software to work .   I also worked with the IT department to   understand their design and logic for the consolidation software . 

 Once I had a good understanding of what needed to be accomplished , I put together a flowchart of how   I believed the company wanted the consolidation software to work .   I showed the hierarchy of the   parent company at the highest level and then all of the subsidiaries with their four - digit identifier and   eliminating entities below .   I scheduled a meeting with accounting and IT and we walked through my   flowchart in detail to understand exactly how the consolidation software needed to be designed . We are   currently still in the design phase and will move forward with testing in a few weeks . 

 Insight 

 During the information collecting gathering phases I quickly realized that I was getting lost in the detail   and could n’t remember the organizational structure so that ’s when I turned to visualization .   As I was   having conversations with different business units I was taking notes and using the four - digit numbers to   map a hierarchy of the business and eventually designed the flowchart for the company . 

 Approach 

 I learned that visualization was the best tool to use for this project and without putting together a   flowchart I do not think this would have been a successful design .   During the testing phase of this   project I will be incorporating what I learned from the learning launch module to this project .
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