Having worked as a software product manager , it was always challenging to explain new 

 product features to other stakeholders from various backgrounds such as engineering , design , 

 marketing , sales , and even from other companies . Especially , it becomes much more difficult to 

 explain only in verbal communication if the product is completely new . 

 About a year ago , I led a small group of engineers and product managers to build a new 

 mobile software , collaborating with a 3rd party partner . The most challenging work was organizing 

 discussions between the two teams from two different companies to come up with product 

 requirements before actually starting development process . Since most of discussions took place 

 remotely via conference call system , it was very hard to understand each other . A few weeks later , 

 I really felt that we needed to use visual thinking method to be more engaged and move faster . 

 I think visual thinking method , the visualization tool as per the lecture , is very strong in 

 terms of having everyone be in the same page immediately . The most important fact is that 

 visualization is not fancy drawing or painting skills , but just a handy tool for everyone who wants 

 to express their idea in front of others , because the only thing we need is a pen to draw some lines , 

 and sometimes letters as well . For example , just drawing flow charts and diagrams usually helps a 

 lot even when I do small group meetings every day . It means that everyone can visualize their 

 thoughts easily in a few seconds , and I believe most of us already think visually at least in our own 

 brain . 

 Therefore , I applied the visualization to my project , meaning that I first outlined and shared 

 the end - to - end user journey just with a simple flow chart so that everyone in the teams could 

 understand how the new service exactly would be used from the users ’ perspective . The visualization 

 tool was really helpful for people to understand the concept of the new product , eventually boosting 

 the collaboration to build more enhanced idea on top of my visualized flow chart . In other words , 

 visual thinking process is beneficial not only for making the team more efficient , but also for 

 enriching the entire product design(design thinking ) process itself . 

 A key takeaway from this experience is that the more we apply the visualization tool into 

 the product development process , the more ideas the team could get to build a better product and 

 to solve the problem more efficiently . Therefore , I strongly believe the visualization has to be utilized 

 in the every process of design thinking process from the start to the end ; what is , what if , what 

 wows , what works . 

 I do n’t think there is much objection to use more visualization tool for designing ; and thus 

 I could not come up with any alternative to the visualization . As a result , I would try my best think 

 out loud visually whenever I feel I need the tool while working as a product manager in the future . 


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: Having worked as a software product manager , it was always challenging to explain new 

 product features to other stakeholders from various backgrounds such as engineering , design , 

 marketing , sales , and even from other companies . Especially , it becomes much more difficult to 

 explain only in verbal communication if the product is completely new . 

 About a year ago , I led a small group of engineers and product managers to build a new 

 mobile software , collaborating with a 3rd party partner . The most challenging work was organizing 

 discussions between the two teams from two different companies to come up with product 

 requirements before actually starting development process . Since most of discussions took place 

 remotely via conference call system , it was very hard to understand each other . A few weeks later , 

 I really felt that we needed to use visual thinking method to be more engaged and move faster . 

 I think visual thinking method , the visualization tool as per the lecture , is very strong in 

 terms of having everyone be in the same page immediately . The most important fact is that 

 visualization is not fancy drawing or painting skills , but just a handy tool for everyone who wants 

 to express their idea in front of others , because the only thing we need is a pen to draw some lines , 

 and sometimes letters as well . For example , just drawing flow charts and diagrams usually helps a 

 lot even when I do small group meetings every day . It means that everyone can visualize their 

 thoughts easily in a few seconds , and I believe most of us already think visually at least in our own 

 brain . 

 Therefore , I applied the visualization to my project , meaning that I first outlined and shared 

 the end - to - end user journey just with a simple flow chart so that everyone in the teams could 

 understand how the new service exactly would be used from the users ’ perspective . The visualization 

 tool was really helpful for people to understand the concept of the new product , eventually boosting 

 the collaboration to build more enhanced idea on top of my visualized flow chart . In other words , 

 visual thinking process is beneficial not only for making the team more efficient , but also for 

 enriching the entire product design(design thinking ) process itself . 

 A key takeaway from this experience is that the more we apply the visualization tool into 

 the product development process , the more ideas the team could get to build a better product and 

 to solve the problem more efficiently . Therefore , I strongly believe the visualization has to be utilized 

 in the every process of design thinking process from the start to the end ; what is , what if , what 

 wows , what works . 

 I do n’t think there is much objection to use more visualization tool for designing ; and thus 

 I could not come up with any alternative to the visualization . As a result , I would try my best think 

 out loud visually whenever I feel I need the tool while working as a product manager in the future .
### Output: 