Workforce Scheduling - Mind Mapping 

 Challenge :     I work as a Data Science Product Manager at a mid - stage marketing tech start - up and   responsible for managing the Machine Learning team by coming up with Data Science projects   and assigning them based on people ’s expertise and project deadlines defined by the   management . Since the company is going through a growth phase , many of us are involved in   multiple projects of different levels of priority at a time with interdependencies on each other .     Now , it ’s of paramount importance that priorities are well defined so that the project deadlines   do n’t suffer , the idle time of people is minimized and redundancy among work is reduced . It ’s a   classic case of the employee scheduling problem given the priorities and constraints . The   composition of the company comprises of 5 product managers and 20 developers with expertise   in engineering , machine learning , back - end , and UI . Generally speaking , each project has a   product manager , two engineers , two data scientists , two back - end engineers , and one   business analyst . And at a time , there are 10 - 12 ongoing projects . The challenge is to define   pipelines for various projects based on their priorities and resource availability in the most   effective way .       Selection :     Mind mapping is a great way to align the organization around a common understanding of the   current reality . In the mind mapping process , we capture requirements , priorities , and availability   of various stakeholders unified towards the fulfillment of projects within defined deadlines .   Colleagues are involved in order to develop a common mind among them regarding the current   reality of a design challenge so they are better acquainted with other peoples ’ tasks as well .   With this exercise , we ’ll have shared insights from various stakeholders to come to an   agreement regarding how to assign resources for various projects in the most optimal manner .        Application :     With the mind mapping tool , I prepared a set of questionnaires that would address critical   problems like a ) availability of employees , b ) the expertise of employees , c ) expected time of   project completion , and d ) priorities of their projects . Now , in order to ease out the   decision - making process , which is to take into account all employees ’ remarks , this   questionnaire is given a limited number of choices for every problem . For instance : a ) Priorities :   Very High , High , Medium , Low . b ) Expected time of completion : Half - day , 1 day , 2 days , 3 days ,   one week , and so on . This division would help to cluster the requirements from various   stakeholders . 

 Workforce Scheduling - Mind Mapping 

 This survey is distributed at two levels : 1 ) within a team . 2 ) across teams . Every team conducts   an internal discussion to club their requirements and expectations at a team level to propose   their availability of resources and priorities across teams . This first round of internal discussion   is expected to take one hour . The second round of discussion is inter - team , where product   managers would direct the priorities and requirements of the projects and based on these   needs , the engineers would indicate their availability , expertise and expected time of   completion . Since this round includes all stakeholders with various types of requirements , a   debate is expected , and that roughly increases the discussion time to 3 hours .      This approach involves dealing with ‘ Very High ’ priorities and ‘ High ’ priorities projects first by   assigning them all the resources needed . Followed by availability and expertise taking the   center - stage for Medium and Low priority projects . This exercise is conducted once a week . Any   change in the status quo is first notified to the respective internal team and it is then taken up in   the weekly meetings .       Insight :     By applying the mind mapping tool , employees now have a clear understanding of the ongoing   high priority projects . They ’re better able to manage their time and the roles they are required to   play for each project . Since each employee is now aware of the others ’ tasks , they can also   provide a helping hand based on their expertise and it ’s lead to less redundancy .      Using this tool , we are essentially developing a pipeline for employees considering their project   priorities by defining parallel working schedules across teams , making use of reusable   components and ensure project deliveries within the defined deadlines .         Approach :      Given the fact that some creative way of practically achieving the defined company roadmap ,   that could take in all possible expectations , expertise , and constraints , was required , Mind   Mapping Tool is an appropriate tool for this problem . Based on the introduction of new   constraints for fresh projects , more features can be brainstormed to include in the survey . 


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: Workforce Scheduling - Mind Mapping 

 Challenge :     I work as a Data Science Product Manager at a mid - stage marketing tech start - up and   responsible for managing the Machine Learning team by coming up with Data Science projects   and assigning them based on people ’s expertise and project deadlines defined by the   management . Since the company is going through a growth phase , many of us are involved in   multiple projects of different levels of priority at a time with interdependencies on each other .     Now , it ’s of paramount importance that priorities are well defined so that the project deadlines   do n’t suffer , the idle time of people is minimized and redundancy among work is reduced . It ’s a   classic case of the employee scheduling problem given the priorities and constraints . The   composition of the company comprises of 5 product managers and 20 developers with expertise   in engineering , machine learning , back - end , and UI . Generally speaking , each project has a   product manager , two engineers , two data scientists , two back - end engineers , and one   business analyst . And at a time , there are 10 - 12 ongoing projects . The challenge is to define   pipelines for various projects based on their priorities and resource availability in the most   effective way .       Selection :     Mind mapping is a great way to align the organization around a common understanding of the   current reality . In the mind mapping process , we capture requirements , priorities , and availability   of various stakeholders unified towards the fulfillment of projects within defined deadlines .   Colleagues are involved in order to develop a common mind among them regarding the current   reality of a design challenge so they are better acquainted with other peoples ’ tasks as well .   With this exercise , we ’ll have shared insights from various stakeholders to come to an   agreement regarding how to assign resources for various projects in the most optimal manner .        Application :     With the mind mapping tool , I prepared a set of questionnaires that would address critical   problems like a ) availability of employees , b ) the expertise of employees , c ) expected time of   project completion , and d ) priorities of their projects . Now , in order to ease out the   decision - making process , which is to take into account all employees ’ remarks , this   questionnaire is given a limited number of choices for every problem . For instance : a ) Priorities :   Very High , High , Medium , Low . b ) Expected time of completion : Half - day , 1 day , 2 days , 3 days ,   one week , and so on . This division would help to cluster the requirements from various   stakeholders . 

 Workforce Scheduling - Mind Mapping 

 This survey is distributed at two levels : 1 ) within a team . 2 ) across teams . Every team conducts   an internal discussion to club their requirements and expectations at a team level to propose   their availability of resources and priorities across teams . This first round of internal discussion   is expected to take one hour . The second round of discussion is inter - team , where product   managers would direct the priorities and requirements of the projects and based on these   needs , the engineers would indicate their availability , expertise and expected time of   completion . Since this round includes all stakeholders with various types of requirements , a   debate is expected , and that roughly increases the discussion time to 3 hours .      This approach involves dealing with ‘ Very High ’ priorities and ‘ High ’ priorities projects first by   assigning them all the resources needed . Followed by availability and expertise taking the   center - stage for Medium and Low priority projects . This exercise is conducted once a week . Any   change in the status quo is first notified to the respective internal team and it is then taken up in   the weekly meetings .       Insight :     By applying the mind mapping tool , employees now have a clear understanding of the ongoing   high priority projects . They ’re better able to manage their time and the roles they are required to   play for each project . Since each employee is now aware of the others ’ tasks , they can also   provide a helping hand based on their expertise and it ’s lead to less redundancy .      Using this tool , we are essentially developing a pipeline for employees considering their project   priorities by defining parallel working schedules across teams , making use of reusable   components and ensure project deliveries within the defined deadlines .         Approach :      Given the fact that some creative way of practically achieving the defined company roadmap ,   that could take in all possible expectations , expertise , and constraints , was required , Mind   Mapping Tool is an appropriate tool for this problem . Based on the introduction of new   constraints for fresh projects , more features can be brainstormed to include in the survey .
### Output: 