Challenge 

 In my organization , I work within IT helping tie together IT strategy with Business strategy to deliver   results .   I am often challenged with the role of “ translator ” by making clear to sales associates what   capabilities are offered on an IT side and making business goals clear to more technical IT resources that   are charged with delivering technical solutions . 

 In a recent example that occurred while I was taking this course , we were tasked with reimagining what   some of our financial reporting could look like .   The challenge was to allow business to clearly articulate   the problem while also working within the constraints of what is possible while also showing what is   additionally available outside of standard table like reporting that has historically been done at our   company in this space . 

 Selection 

 For this particular problem we chose Visualization .   While we used multiple tools throughout the   process , I feel the most helpful tool was visualization .   We chose this because from the start we could   work with our business stakeholders to document user journeys .   It was important for us to visualize   form the beginning what kinds of users were going to be using this financial dashboard and what were   their expected results . 

 Application 

 We started by mapping a flow chart that visualized multiple user types accessing the same legacy   financial chart , exporting it to excel , and performing their own individual analysis to get their own value   out of the data .   Through this journey mapping visualization tool , we were able to visually map out each   of these journeys showing what each user type needed from the dashboard . 

 From here , we were able to draw some mock reports around what it could look like to provide users the   answers to the questions they were asking on the first page of the dashboard rather than having them   do additionally analytics on their own . 

 Insight 

 Through this process we have realized that visualization is a key tool to have in our toolset .   Additionally ,   we ’ve quickly realized ( as also pointed out in the videos ) that visualization is key not only at the start of   the design thinking process , but throughout the entire process .   At each step along the way , visualization   truly helped communication and get the point across that we were trying to accomplish . 

 Approach 

 In my opinion , the visualization approach was the key to our success , but I think other tools could have   also been used to reach similar outcomes .   One specifically that would work well in this situation would   be storytelling .   In my role , it is important to play the “ translator ” role between technical IT resources   and strategic focused business resources .   In many cases , the begin the design thinking process , it takes   a storytelling approach to layout problems in clear stories that are easy to understand by all   stakeholders . 


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 

 In my organization , I work within IT helping tie together IT strategy with Business strategy to deliver   results .   I am often challenged with the role of “ translator ” by making clear to sales associates what   capabilities are offered on an IT side and making business goals clear to more technical IT resources that   are charged with delivering technical solutions . 

 In a recent example that occurred while I was taking this course , we were tasked with reimagining what   some of our financial reporting could look like .   The challenge was to allow business to clearly articulate   the problem while also working within the constraints of what is possible while also showing what is   additionally available outside of standard table like reporting that has historically been done at our   company in this space . 

 Selection 

 For this particular problem we chose Visualization .   While we used multiple tools throughout the   process , I feel the most helpful tool was visualization .   We chose this because from the start we could   work with our business stakeholders to document user journeys .   It was important for us to visualize   form the beginning what kinds of users were going to be using this financial dashboard and what were   their expected results . 

 Application 

 We started by mapping a flow chart that visualized multiple user types accessing the same legacy   financial chart , exporting it to excel , and performing their own individual analysis to get their own value   out of the data .   Through this journey mapping visualization tool , we were able to visually map out each   of these journeys showing what each user type needed from the dashboard . 

 From here , we were able to draw some mock reports around what it could look like to provide users the   answers to the questions they were asking on the first page of the dashboard rather than having them   do additionally analytics on their own . 

 Insight 

 Through this process we have realized that visualization is a key tool to have in our toolset .   Additionally ,   we ’ve quickly realized ( as also pointed out in the videos ) that visualization is key not only at the start of   the design thinking process , but throughout the entire process .   At each step along the way , visualization   truly helped communication and get the point across that we were trying to accomplish . 

 Approach 

 In my opinion , the visualization approach was the key to our success , but I think other tools could have   also been used to reach similar outcomes .   One specifically that would work well in this situation would   be storytelling .   In my role , it is important to play the “ translator ” role between technical IT resources   and strategic focused business resources .   In many cases , the begin the design thinking process , it takes   a storytelling approach to layout problems in clear stories that are easy to understand by all   stakeholders .
### Output: 