Visualization tool as project manager 

 Challenge & Selection : 

 We had a new project at our company to create a platform where in end users are   government CIO ’s ; sophisticated , technical , and smart end users . Our company offers   technical products to help government CIO ’s in their daily work . My role was the project   manager . The main challenge was that stakeholders could not agree on the platform   interface design , although we had great designers on the team but conflicts kept on showing   up on the design each time we meet to showcase it to the stakeholders , and also we had   complaints on the user experience going through the platform . Several designs where   presented but still conflict showed up where time and effort was wasted and as project   manager it impacted my project plan as there was delay on time , therefore I had a meeting   with the project team to find a solution to our problem there was clearly several point of   views and different mindsets among our stakeholders , therefore after a brainstorming   session we agreed to use design thinking to solve our problem by using the visualization tool   or visual thinking that will help us to unite the stakeholders visual thoughts on the platform   design and user experience flow . 

 Application : 

 Our previous approach was that the designers had a meeting or two with the stakeholders   each one alone and then they tried to deliver a design that would meet all there thoughts   together , so to implement visualization tool we had all the stakeholders in one room and a   whiteboard where they all drew and communicated what they think and would like to see by   the designers and each stakeholder would add and explain to the other his point of view a lot   of discussions happened and designers sketched along , we agreed by the end of several   workshops that the designers based on the workshops inputs and discussions we had that   we will showcase three designs and agree on one , after a week we met and surprisingly all   the three designs that we showed to the stakeholders had good votes and an agreement   was done on one , finally after two months of going back and forth on different point of views . 

 For the user experience part , we used visual thinking in creating the wireframes ; a website   wireframe , also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint , is a visual guide that   represents the skeletal framework of a website . Wireframes are created for the purpose of   arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose . The purpose is usually being   informed by a business objective and a creative idea . The wireframe depicts the page layout   or arrangement of the website 's content , including interface elements and navigational   systems , and how they work together . As we did with the design part we had all the   stakeholders in one room and printed the wireframes and hang them on the wall to better   visualize the user experience flow . stakeholders would draw and comment directly on the   printable wireframes . User experience experts would discuss their point of view as experts to   the stakeholders until we all come to an agreement that all in the room would agree on . We   have conducted several workshops as the platform contains several pages and   functionalities and at the end of each workshop , we would all agree and move on to 

 development phase . This not only helped us in coming to an agreement and uniting the   stakeholders point of views it actually expedited the project timeline . 

 Insight & Approach : 

 This challenge that we faced in the project and by finding the solution by using design   thinking – visualization tool gave me a lesson learned that I actually documented after   closing the project , although there was some resistance from the stakeholders at the   binging as they come from different backgrounds but by starting drawing and explaining on   the white board they eventually came through and started drawing and sketching , it was so   positive as some drawings where funny it gave some harmony and enriched the   communication throughout the workshops between the team . 

 I will definitely use this approach again in future projects as it saves time , budget and   insures that stakeholders are all on the same page as these three are major pillars in a   project success . 


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 as project manager 

 Challenge & Selection : 

 We had a new project at our company to create a platform where in end users are   government CIO ’s ; sophisticated , technical , and smart end users . Our company offers   technical products to help government CIO ’s in their daily work . My role was the project   manager . The main challenge was that stakeholders could not agree on the platform   interface design , although we had great designers on the team but conflicts kept on showing   up on the design each time we meet to showcase it to the stakeholders , and also we had   complaints on the user experience going through the platform . Several designs where   presented but still conflict showed up where time and effort was wasted and as project   manager it impacted my project plan as there was delay on time , therefore I had a meeting   with the project team to find a solution to our problem there was clearly several point of   views and different mindsets among our stakeholders , therefore after a brainstorming   session we agreed to use design thinking to solve our problem by using the visualization tool   or visual thinking that will help us to unite the stakeholders visual thoughts on the platform   design and user experience flow . 

 Application : 

 Our previous approach was that the designers had a meeting or two with the stakeholders   each one alone and then they tried to deliver a design that would meet all there thoughts   together , so to implement visualization tool we had all the stakeholders in one room and a   whiteboard where they all drew and communicated what they think and would like to see by   the designers and each stakeholder would add and explain to the other his point of view a lot   of discussions happened and designers sketched along , we agreed by the end of several   workshops that the designers based on the workshops inputs and discussions we had that   we will showcase three designs and agree on one , after a week we met and surprisingly all   the three designs that we showed to the stakeholders had good votes and an agreement   was done on one , finally after two months of going back and forth on different point of views . 

 For the user experience part , we used visual thinking in creating the wireframes ; a website   wireframe , also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint , is a visual guide that   represents the skeletal framework of a website . Wireframes are created for the purpose of   arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose . The purpose is usually being   informed by a business objective and a creative idea . The wireframe depicts the page layout   or arrangement of the website 's content , including interface elements and navigational   systems , and how they work together . As we did with the design part we had all the   stakeholders in one room and printed the wireframes and hang them on the wall to better   visualize the user experience flow . stakeholders would draw and comment directly on the   printable wireframes . User experience experts would discuss their point of view as experts to   the stakeholders until we all come to an agreement that all in the room would agree on . We   have conducted several workshops as the platform contains several pages and   functionalities and at the end of each workshop , we would all agree and move on to 

 development phase . This not only helped us in coming to an agreement and uniting the   stakeholders point of views it actually expedited the project timeline . 

 Insight & Approach : 

 This challenge that we faced in the project and by finding the solution by using design   thinking – visualization tool gave me a lesson learned that I actually documented after   closing the project , although there was some resistance from the stakeholders at the   binging as they come from different backgrounds but by starting drawing and explaining on   the white board they eventually came through and started drawing and sketching , it was so   positive as some drawings where funny it gave some harmony and enriched the   communication throughout the workshops between the team . 

 I will definitely use this approach again in future projects as it saves time , budget and   insures that stakeholders are all on the same page as these three are major pillars in a   project success .
### Output: 