Challenge and selection 

 I work as a project manager in a small strategy consultancy and we work in different   innovation projects . One of most important aspect in project management is being   able to communicate to different stakeholders and make sure that everyone   understand the same thing – which is almost impossible due to our own personal bias .   We have our own methodology but there are many tools and similarities to design   thinking , one of them is using visualization across the project . 

 When we start a project , we first need to know our customer and understand its   context . You can do that using different approaches and tools : interviews ,   questionnaires , reading business reports ... but you can miss spontaneous thoughts or   ideas that could be important or interesting . In order to be efficient and get the most   of it , we prepare a workshop called " abstraction " . 

 In this workshop , we put from 6 to 8 managers   of the customer in front of some pre- selected images so we can extract the essence of the company by answering WH- questions . At the end we want to have an statement that defines that company ( its   mission , vision or values ) . 

 Application 

 First of all , we have a preparation phase before the workshop with the customer . 

 We prepare the workshop in a team ( from 2 to 4 people ) where we define the theme   to deconstruct ( based on the customer 's goal ) and their main meanings . We use   different tools like http://www.visuwords.com/ to get relationships and different   concepts from some themes to help us understand what is ( or might be ) behind it . We   then select some images that represent the most relevant concepts or ideas and we   put them in a big poster for the session . 

 We are ready to start the workshop ! 

 We start answering ( without knowing yet the central word ) WHAT is the central idea   behind the images ... and all of them are going to be related to the central topic ( in the   previous example TABOO ) if we chose the right images . Afterward , we iterate through   the rest of the WH - questions for each one of the WHATs . 

 While we are in the process , we are clustering the answers by putting the word into   categories , so at the end we get the most important topics and the relationship   between them . We share that with the customer as the result of the workshop so we   are all aligned and agree on them . 

 We refine that inputs in a session after the workshop ( only the internal team , without   customer ) and put the topics in a few sentences or formula that reflects the main   purpose of the company or project . It is generally a very global concept but while we   work on possible solutions and scenarios we always come back to that sentence ( that   we printed and have on the wall ) to make sure that we are well aligned . 

 Insight 

 It is important to have a multidisciplinary team from the customer , to be open minded   and good general culture . We found that it 's easier to start with an ice - breaker activity   of 15 minutes so people can warm - up before the real session starts . At the end we   have a global statement that allows us to focus but at the same time it 's wide enough   to bring new ideas . We are incorporating other activities to narrow or extend the   statement in the following steps of the process . 

 Approach 

 You could use other methods to get an statement of the company , like asking the   marketing department . But their inputs are biased and most of the time their view is   too narrow . If you ask the rest of the departments separately it 's difficult that you can   get one statement which all of them agrees because they have n't been in the   discussion . At the end , it is important that they can share their ideas and come with   the answer by themselves . 

 It is not easy to come up with the perfect statement , but it is not necessary ... as far as   it is good enough and reflects the idea behind the project . You know that you have it   right when everybody agrees that somehow they see their idea reflected on that   statement . Keep iterating until you get it right ! 


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 and selection 

 I work as a project manager in a small strategy consultancy and we work in different   innovation projects . One of most important aspect in project management is being   able to communicate to different stakeholders and make sure that everyone   understand the same thing – which is almost impossible due to our own personal bias .   We have our own methodology but there are many tools and similarities to design   thinking , one of them is using visualization across the project . 

 When we start a project , we first need to know our customer and understand its   context . You can do that using different approaches and tools : interviews ,   questionnaires , reading business reports ... but you can miss spontaneous thoughts or   ideas that could be important or interesting . In order to be efficient and get the most   of it , we prepare a workshop called " abstraction " . 

 In this workshop , we put from 6 to 8 managers   of the customer in front of some pre- selected images so we can extract the essence of the company by answering WH- questions . At the end we want to have an statement that defines that company ( its   mission , vision or values ) . 

 Application 

 First of all , we have a preparation phase before the workshop with the customer . 

 We prepare the workshop in a team ( from 2 to 4 people ) where we define the theme   to deconstruct ( based on the customer 's goal ) and their main meanings . We use   different tools like http://www.visuwords.com/ to get relationships and different   concepts from some themes to help us understand what is ( or might be ) behind it . We   then select some images that represent the most relevant concepts or ideas and we   put them in a big poster for the session . 

 We are ready to start the workshop ! 

 We start answering ( without knowing yet the central word ) WHAT is the central idea   behind the images ... and all of them are going to be related to the central topic ( in the   previous example TABOO ) if we chose the right images . Afterward , we iterate through   the rest of the WH - questions for each one of the WHATs . 

 While we are in the process , we are clustering the answers by putting the word into   categories , so at the end we get the most important topics and the relationship   between them . We share that with the customer as the result of the workshop so we   are all aligned and agree on them . 

 We refine that inputs in a session after the workshop ( only the internal team , without   customer ) and put the topics in a few sentences or formula that reflects the main   purpose of the company or project . It is generally a very global concept but while we   work on possible solutions and scenarios we always come back to that sentence ( that   we printed and have on the wall ) to make sure that we are well aligned . 

 Insight 

 It is important to have a multidisciplinary team from the customer , to be open minded   and good general culture . We found that it 's easier to start with an ice - breaker activity   of 15 minutes so people can warm - up before the real session starts . At the end we   have a global statement that allows us to focus but at the same time it 's wide enough   to bring new ideas . We are incorporating other activities to narrow or extend the   statement in the following steps of the process . 

 Approach 

 You could use other methods to get an statement of the company , like asking the   marketing department . But their inputs are biased and most of the time their view is   too narrow . If you ask the rest of the departments separately it 's difficult that you can   get one statement which all of them agrees because they have n't been in the   discussion . At the end , it is important that they can share their ideas and come with   the answer by themselves . 

 It is not easy to come up with the perfect statement , but it is not necessary ... as far as   it is good enough and reflects the idea behind the project . You know that you have it   right when everybody agrees that somehow they see their idea reflected on that   statement . Keep iterating until you get it right !
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