Visualization Tool 

 1 . Challenge 

 One of the projects we recently had at school was about finding new business opportunities for 

 second life batteries . For this project , a car manufacturer was our main stakeholder , the one 

 looking for repurposing the batteries and generate a new business model . I come from a design 

 background and had little or not knowledge at all in regards of second life batteries , how do they 

 work , how is the batteries business nor the manufacturer business . 

 2 . Selection 

 The visualization tool helped me to understand better the context . Reunited with two different 

 employees from the car manufacturer , I use the visualization tool to help me see the big picture . 

 In other words , how is the current business , who are their clients , what are their values , among 

 other questions . This process helped me to define the scope and find the relationship between 

 the batteries and the company . In addition , since some of the terms are really engineering ones 

 that I had not knowledge , the visualization tool made the communication easier , so mechanical 

 and electrical matter could be described in visual modes . 

 3 . Application 

 I start by asking some basic information regarding the company and why they considered this 

 new project . Right after I began with one battery drawing in the middle and start asking questions 

 regarding the topic . I asked the participants to draw their ideas and concepts of the answer . A lot 

 of arrows were used to help to see the relation between all those elements . 

 One of the most feared things about using the visualization tool with the stakeholders is the 

 classic “ I do not know how to draw ” . As soon as I started to explain and take out markers , the 

 face of the stakeholders described everything . One even mentioned , “ Do n’t judge me for my 

 drawing skills ” . But it was just a matter of time for them to loosen up and stop caring about 

 drawing beautiful or not . 

 Finally , we came out with a great visualization that explains the whole idea of the project . In other 

 words , what we know , what we do not know and what we need to know . The scope was more 

 clearly defined and grounded . 

 4 . Insight 

 I got a lot of insights from this session . First of all , the whole project was clearer , for both sides , 

 the stakeholders and myself . From both sides the in - depth knowledge obtained was very 

 valuable . Additionally it helped to be all in the same page of what the challenge was . Since , the 

 whole visualization was co - created . This visualization can also be further used to explain the 

 challenge to different people within the company . It turned out that this tool really made us step 

 out of the box and see from the outside . 

 5 . Approach 

 I believe the use of the visualization tool went the right way . Nevertheless , there is always space 

 for improvement . One of the things I would have done differently is including more people into 

 the tool . Secondly , maybe make a second visualization , something more “ clear and pleasant to 

 see ” right after all the discussion and feedback . Then , the second visualization can be better 

 utilised for other purposes . 

 1 . Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same   tool you selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why . 


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: Visualization Tool 

 1 . Challenge 

 One of the projects we recently had at school was about finding new business opportunities for 

 second life batteries . For this project , a car manufacturer was our main stakeholder , the one 

 looking for repurposing the batteries and generate a new business model . I come from a design 

 background and had little or not knowledge at all in regards of second life batteries , how do they 

 work , how is the batteries business nor the manufacturer business . 

 2 . Selection 

 The visualization tool helped me to understand better the context . Reunited with two different 

 employees from the car manufacturer , I use the visualization tool to help me see the big picture . 

 In other words , how is the current business , who are their clients , what are their values , among 

 other questions . This process helped me to define the scope and find the relationship between 

 the batteries and the company . In addition , since some of the terms are really engineering ones 

 that I had not knowledge , the visualization tool made the communication easier , so mechanical 

 and electrical matter could be described in visual modes . 

 3 . Application 

 I start by asking some basic information regarding the company and why they considered this 

 new project . Right after I began with one battery drawing in the middle and start asking questions 

 regarding the topic . I asked the participants to draw their ideas and concepts of the answer . A lot 

 of arrows were used to help to see the relation between all those elements . 

 One of the most feared things about using the visualization tool with the stakeholders is the 

 classic “ I do not know how to draw ” . As soon as I started to explain and take out markers , the 

 face of the stakeholders described everything . One even mentioned , “ Do n’t judge me for my 

 drawing skills ” . But it was just a matter of time for them to loosen up and stop caring about 

 drawing beautiful or not . 

 Finally , we came out with a great visualization that explains the whole idea of the project . In other 

 words , what we know , what we do not know and what we need to know . The scope was more 

 clearly defined and grounded . 

 4 . Insight 

 I got a lot of insights from this session . First of all , the whole project was clearer , for both sides , 

 the stakeholders and myself . From both sides the in - depth knowledge obtained was very 

 valuable . Additionally it helped to be all in the same page of what the challenge was . Since , the 

 whole visualization was co - created . This visualization can also be further used to explain the 

 challenge to different people within the company . It turned out that this tool really made us step 

 out of the box and see from the outside . 

 5 . Approach 

 I believe the use of the visualization tool went the right way . Nevertheless , there is always space 

 for improvement . One of the things I would have done differently is including more people into 

 the tool . Secondly , maybe make a second visualization , something more “ clear and pleasant to 

 see ” right after all the discussion and feedback . Then , the second visualization can be better 

 utilised for other purposes . 

 1 . Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same   tool you selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why .
### Output: 