Peer Graded Assignment - Storytelling ( Module 2 ) 

 1 . Challenge : 

 I am the analytics Manager for a company ABC . ABC is a medium sized company with IOT products and   solutions with major analytical tools used are MS excel and Python . I have a team of 10 members in   which 7 are MIS reporting executives and other 3 are data analysts ( DAs ) . 

 -   MIS team has only MS excel skills . 

 -   DA ( Data Analyst ) team is usually occupied with the recommendations / insights sharing or   perform study on the equipment performances with Python expertise . 

 The challenge is to : 

 -   Have on - time reports with good quality . 

 -   Find quick patterns in the data where excel has challenges to handle huge data . 

 -   How to collaborate within the team , and make use of DA expertise as well . 

 -   Explain sponsor on how to resolve the challenges . 

 2 . Selection : 

  what ? : Storytelling tool is used to understand the cause of the above - mentioned challenges    why ? : In reference with the Storytelling Tool in the module 2 , we can understand that   -   it 's about the connection that we give to people about a piece of information that we 're trying   to understand together 

 -   It has emotional connection , and it also has larger purpose 

 -   Storytelling is the difference between solving a problem and creating a cause . 

 3 . Application : 

 Here the story telling is used in 2 ways . One is the MIS team telling to me and Myself conveying to the   sponsor to allocate a activity to resolve the MIS challenges . 

 1 . MIS storytelling to manager ( myself ):   -   Each MIS executive discussed about them , their knowing ’s , their interest in the project . 

 -   They had explained the very clear sequence of events they perform daily . Detailed procedures   involved in the report making and sharing is understood together . 

 -   The reflection of this exercise is with Q&A to note the expression of the emotions on the tasks ,   difficulties using the current tool / expertise and also the working time involved . 

 2 . Manager ( myself ) storytelling to Sponsor :   -   Explain briefly the problem and conveying how important and dangerous is it to take necessary   actions at the earliest . 

 -   Allow the sponsor to express his concerns , advices . 

 -   Mention the current capabilities of the team and their aspiration / interest in the project . 

 -   Presenting the end possibilities by expressing confidence to mention that there is a way to solve   the problem . 

 o Propose a clear sequence of actions to be carried , people or expertise involved for a 

 determined time . 

 o Address the interest of team members appropriately for the time considering their 

 emotional quotient on nature of tasks . 

 o What tool works .    o hard facts with data . 

 4 . Insight : 

 Insights with categories below – 

 -   Tool :    Only excel is used which is difficult to even to use few functions , get pivot table when data is   huge . Automation of repeated events needs different expertise in excel 

 -   Interests :   Curious to use Python supports to handle / manipulate data 

 -   Emotion :   Tired of same and laborious procedures in creating reports 

 In order to derive the solution for the problem , the above points were considered 

 -   Wherever possible python was used as reproducibility tool for the reports . In some cases , it   could cover 100 % going to as low as 40 % . 

 -   Python user defined functions with easy interface for common tasks in excel like to get summary   as pivot , merging tables , subset the data . Find simple patterns was easy as data preparation   took less time . 

 -   All this boosted morale in MIS executives as the time consuming was less , error was less and   they were using new tool . 

 -   Excellent team collaboration was established . 

 5 . Approach : 

 As our team is gone through this tool and should be well aware of storytelling method and its benefits .   More applications to be used with this tool as it is diverse and the team can be more collaborative .   Communicating with sponsor or other stakeholders can be efficient and make them inspired by the   solution . Hence preparing the mindset for design thinking tools are very much necessary and planning   for the awareness sessions or workshops to be planned . 


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: Peer Graded Assignment - Storytelling ( Module 2 ) 

 1 . Challenge : 

 I am the analytics Manager for a company ABC . ABC is a medium sized company with IOT products and   solutions with major analytical tools used are MS excel and Python . I have a team of 10 members in   which 7 are MIS reporting executives and other 3 are data analysts ( DAs ) . 

 -   MIS team has only MS excel skills . 

 -   DA ( Data Analyst ) team is usually occupied with the recommendations / insights sharing or   perform study on the equipment performances with Python expertise . 

 The challenge is to : 

 -   Have on - time reports with good quality . 

 -   Find quick patterns in the data where excel has challenges to handle huge data . 

 -   How to collaborate within the team , and make use of DA expertise as well . 

 -   Explain sponsor on how to resolve the challenges . 

 2 . Selection : 

  what ? : Storytelling tool is used to understand the cause of the above - mentioned challenges    why ? : In reference with the Storytelling Tool in the module 2 , we can understand that   -   it 's about the connection that we give to people about a piece of information that we 're trying   to understand together 

 -   It has emotional connection , and it also has larger purpose 

 -   Storytelling is the difference between solving a problem and creating a cause . 

 3 . Application : 

 Here the story telling is used in 2 ways . One is the MIS team telling to me and Myself conveying to the   sponsor to allocate a activity to resolve the MIS challenges . 

 1 . MIS storytelling to manager ( myself ):   -   Each MIS executive discussed about them , their knowing ’s , their interest in the project . 

 -   They had explained the very clear sequence of events they perform daily . Detailed procedures   involved in the report making and sharing is understood together . 

 -   The reflection of this exercise is with Q&A to note the expression of the emotions on the tasks ,   difficulties using the current tool / expertise and also the working time involved . 

 2 . Manager ( myself ) storytelling to Sponsor :   -   Explain briefly the problem and conveying how important and dangerous is it to take necessary   actions at the earliest . 

 -   Allow the sponsor to express his concerns , advices . 

 -   Mention the current capabilities of the team and their aspiration / interest in the project . 

 -   Presenting the end possibilities by expressing confidence to mention that there is a way to solve   the problem . 

 o Propose a clear sequence of actions to be carried , people or expertise involved for a 

 determined time . 

 o Address the interest of team members appropriately for the time considering their 

 emotional quotient on nature of tasks . 

 o What tool works .    o hard facts with data . 

 4 . Insight : 

 Insights with categories below – 

 -   Tool :    Only excel is used which is difficult to even to use few functions , get pivot table when data is   huge . Automation of repeated events needs different expertise in excel 

 -   Interests :   Curious to use Python supports to handle / manipulate data 

 -   Emotion :   Tired of same and laborious procedures in creating reports 

 In order to derive the solution for the problem , the above points were considered 

 -   Wherever possible python was used as reproducibility tool for the reports . In some cases , it   could cover 100 % going to as low as 40 % . 

 -   Python user defined functions with easy interface for common tasks in excel like to get summary   as pivot , merging tables , subset the data . Find simple patterns was easy as data preparation   took less time . 

 -   All this boosted morale in MIS executives as the time consuming was less , error was less and   they were using new tool . 

 -   Excellent team collaboration was established . 

 5 . Approach : 

 As our team is gone through this tool and should be well aware of storytelling method and its benefits .   More applications to be used with this tool as it is diverse and the team can be more collaborative .   Communicating with sponsor or other stakeholders can be efficient and make them inspired by the   solution . Hence preparing the mindset for design thinking tools are very much necessary and planning   for the awareness sessions or workshops to be planned .
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