Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge 

 I am part of financials and management information systems team and our challenge is to build a way to   help our organization increase its sales and track the turnaround time in processing application of loans .   This project will help the sales team meet their targets and will make use of internal resources that are   already available . Our goal is to create a tool that will collect records of sales that could provide us with   the needed data to build monthly report for the sales team and give them a gauge in meeting their   targets . This will help as well the data science team in building analyses on how to improve turnaround   time of loan applications and assess where the process gets problematic or ineffective . 

 Selection 

 The tool I used was Visualization or Visual Thinking , since the tool we ’re building comprises of different   data , applies to different users and requires thorough review of process . We used this approach often   since in this way we can easily see where the flow gets faulty . 

 Application 

 I start the approach by creating an initial diagram for the workflow of the internal tool . I create a   flowchart of the process on how our sales team is supposed to use this tool . Draw a diagram of the   flowchart for the tool that we ’re building , which shows the application we ’re supposed to use , list down   the needed data from the customers , list down other data that could show the turnaround time of the   process , show where the data will be stored , show who are the users of these data to get them   processed , give the team visualization on who will update those records to tag them as processed and   show how the team can extract these data for building reports . 

 After creating the initial diagram , we discuss it with the team . We seek for points that need to be   inspected , process that needs clarification , data that we may have missed to capture , and encourage the   team to give us input or share their own idea of the process . Team members can easily draw on the   initial diagram if they have inputs or there are revisions needed . 

 Insight 

 By using Visualization tool the team can easily have an overview of the whole process . The team can   easily grasp the idea of the flow and spot if there are missing data or process . Members of the team can   give feedback and quickly identify potential scenarios that could disrupt the process . The diagram also   helped the team in creating their own perspective and quickly help them develop different ways of   approaching a particular stage of the process . 

 Approach 

 Since most of our team ’s work are data processing and analyses , the appropriate tool for the team is the   Visualization . This helps a lot with our process creation and improvement since it quickly shows an   overview of a project or process and gives the team a grasp of the flow from start to end . Incorporating   different inputs and ideas to our visualization also shows an integral part of the project completion since   each member of the team have different concerns based on their experiences with the customers , and   thus producing final output of the diagram is our guide in completing the project . 


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: Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge 

 I am part of financials and management information systems team and our challenge is to build a way to   help our organization increase its sales and track the turnaround time in processing application of loans .   This project will help the sales team meet their targets and will make use of internal resources that are   already available . Our goal is to create a tool that will collect records of sales that could provide us with   the needed data to build monthly report for the sales team and give them a gauge in meeting their   targets . This will help as well the data science team in building analyses on how to improve turnaround   time of loan applications and assess where the process gets problematic or ineffective . 

 Selection 

 The tool I used was Visualization or Visual Thinking , since the tool we ’re building comprises of different   data , applies to different users and requires thorough review of process . We used this approach often   since in this way we can easily see where the flow gets faulty . 

 Application 

 I start the approach by creating an initial diagram for the workflow of the internal tool . I create a   flowchart of the process on how our sales team is supposed to use this tool . Draw a diagram of the   flowchart for the tool that we ’re building , which shows the application we ’re supposed to use , list down   the needed data from the customers , list down other data that could show the turnaround time of the   process , show where the data will be stored , show who are the users of these data to get them   processed , give the team visualization on who will update those records to tag them as processed and   show how the team can extract these data for building reports . 

 After creating the initial diagram , we discuss it with the team . We seek for points that need to be   inspected , process that needs clarification , data that we may have missed to capture , and encourage the   team to give us input or share their own idea of the process . Team members can easily draw on the   initial diagram if they have inputs or there are revisions needed . 

 Insight 

 By using Visualization tool the team can easily have an overview of the whole process . The team can   easily grasp the idea of the flow and spot if there are missing data or process . Members of the team can   give feedback and quickly identify potential scenarios that could disrupt the process . The diagram also   helped the team in creating their own perspective and quickly help them develop different ways of   approaching a particular stage of the process . 

 Approach 

 Since most of our team ’s work are data processing and analyses , the appropriate tool for the team is the   Visualization . This helps a lot with our process creation and improvement since it quickly shows an   overview of a project or process and gives the team a grasp of the flow from start to end . Incorporating   different inputs and ideas to our visualization also shows an integral part of the project completion since   each member of the team have different concerns based on their experiences with the customers , and   thus producing final output of the diagram is our guide in completing the project .
### Output: 