Challenge : 

 I am an IT analyst working for the development of a large sports goods manufacturing   organization ’s Product Planning tool . The Product Planning tool consists of 250 + attributes to be   filled during the creation process of the product . The attributes are dependent on each other with   each having its own independent validations . The products that gets created is of massive scale   and roughly 8000 products get planned per season by 200 creators . Filling up 250 + attributes per   product is an extremely tedious task . The challenge was to place the 250 + attributes in a   meaningful way in the creation template which would avoid the inefficiencies and delays in the   product creation process . Yet another challenge was to understand the usage of the attributes by   the creators , which would help us in grouping the attributes . 

 Selection : 

 We from the IT team , thought through the design thinking tools and decided to go ahead with   Visualization via card sorting . The research technique that we used was Card sorting exercise , which   helped us in understanding the creators ’ constructs in placing the 250 + attributes in logical groups .   Most importantly , card sorting exercise gave us insights on how the creators perceive the domain   of each of the attributes in their daily work . 

 Application : 

 Since the card sorting exercise was with limited set of users and could not be done with all 200   creators , we built the logical grouping of attributes iteratively , consuming the feedback received   by all the users later from business operations . For our first go - live with the new form of creation ,   we focused on basic set of attributes which are business critical and important for the creators . The   first iteration of creation form tested our understanding of the attributes and their usage by the   creators . 

 Iteratively , we included other complex attributes with a continuous feedback from the creators . The   second and third iterations tested our assumption - ‘ prioritization of complex attributes against   the business milestones was the main cause of the challenge in developing the creation form ’ .   Again , with the continuous feedback by the creators , we were able to implement a meaningful   structure of attributes covering all aspects of the business in the application . 

 Insight : 

 Every consecutive iteration while building the new creation form not just built the creation form   for the creators in a non - intrusive way , it also helped us understand that business milestones was   the key for each of the attributes in creation form . This was the leverage for us to make the impact   and build an efficient creation form . 

 A noteworthy mention : by our first iteration we also placed a backend auto reporting tool which   traces sequentially the number of clicks , tabular movements & other user interface usage metrics .   The tracking tool was made aware to the creators as well during the card sorting exercise . With the   additional information from the tracking tool of UI , we were able to provide more value - adds to 

 the creators in their daily work of creation process . For example , creators use multiple text   attributes and type in the same value in different attributes which was traced by the tracking tool .   Accordingly , we developed a simple multiple select and copy - paste feature within the form view . 

 Approach : 

 The application with the new creation form proved to be the right approach which resulted in   creation efficiency increase by 95 % in comparison with the old school excel and email exchange   mode of creation . Then onwards every product that was built was created by the tool . The simple   creation form led to a development of complex lifecycle management tool and continues to be   built in an iterative way . 


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: Challenge : 

 I am an IT analyst working for the development of a large sports goods manufacturing   organization ’s Product Planning tool . The Product Planning tool consists of 250 + attributes to be   filled during the creation process of the product . The attributes are dependent on each other with   each having its own independent validations . The products that gets created is of massive scale   and roughly 8000 products get planned per season by 200 creators . Filling up 250 + attributes per   product is an extremely tedious task . The challenge was to place the 250 + attributes in a   meaningful way in the creation template which would avoid the inefficiencies and delays in the   product creation process . Yet another challenge was to understand the usage of the attributes by   the creators , which would help us in grouping the attributes . 

 Selection : 

 We from the IT team , thought through the design thinking tools and decided to go ahead with   Visualization via card sorting . The research technique that we used was Card sorting exercise , which   helped us in understanding the creators ’ constructs in placing the 250 + attributes in logical groups .   Most importantly , card sorting exercise gave us insights on how the creators perceive the domain   of each of the attributes in their daily work . 

 Application : 

 Since the card sorting exercise was with limited set of users and could not be done with all 200   creators , we built the logical grouping of attributes iteratively , consuming the feedback received   by all the users later from business operations . For our first go - live with the new form of creation ,   we focused on basic set of attributes which are business critical and important for the creators . The   first iteration of creation form tested our understanding of the attributes and their usage by the   creators . 

 Iteratively , we included other complex attributes with a continuous feedback from the creators . The   second and third iterations tested our assumption - ‘ prioritization of complex attributes against   the business milestones was the main cause of the challenge in developing the creation form ’ .   Again , with the continuous feedback by the creators , we were able to implement a meaningful   structure of attributes covering all aspects of the business in the application . 

 Insight : 

 Every consecutive iteration while building the new creation form not just built the creation form   for the creators in a non - intrusive way , it also helped us understand that business milestones was   the key for each of the attributes in creation form . This was the leverage for us to make the impact   and build an efficient creation form . 

 A noteworthy mention : by our first iteration we also placed a backend auto reporting tool which   traces sequentially the number of clicks , tabular movements & other user interface usage metrics .   The tracking tool was made aware to the creators as well during the card sorting exercise . With the   additional information from the tracking tool of UI , we were able to provide more value - adds to 

 the creators in their daily work of creation process . For example , creators use multiple text   attributes and type in the same value in different attributes which was traced by the tracking tool .   Accordingly , we developed a simple multiple select and copy - paste feature within the form view . 

 Approach : 

 The application with the new creation form proved to be the right approach which resulted in   creation efficiency increase by 95 % in comparison with the old school excel and email exchange   mode of creation . Then onwards every product that was built was created by the tool . The simple   creation form led to a development of complex lifecycle management tool and continues to be   built in an iterative way .
### Output: 