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      <image:title>Case Studies - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Feedback Data Flowchart Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>Flowchart illustrating the journey of data from the Qualtrics ecosystem to the AI Agents output.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Example Queries</image:title>
      <image:caption>Example queries built in Qualtrics Text IQ to establish taxonomy and apply categorization.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Sensitive Data Redaction Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Example of sensitive data redaction policy.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Copilot Studio Agent Overview Page</image:title>
      <image:caption>This image shows the overview of the AI Feedback &amp; Insights Agent.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Trigger Set-Up</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shows how I set up the trigger for data ingestion into the Dataverse “Feedback” table.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Shows how I set up flow triggers that allowed agents to react in specific situations.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Knowledge Set-Up</image:title>
      <image:caption>How I set up the knowledge sources for the Feedback &amp; Insights Agent. Note the addition of web sources, this gave the agent greater “wisdom” to analyze problems our users were going through.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This is where I defined the behavior of the agent, as well as defined it’s tone, priorities, and expectations.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Participant Listening Agent Integration with Microsoft Teams</image:title>
      <image:caption>Example interaction with the Participant Listening Agent via Microsoft Teams.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Example Analysis Report 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Example of an Analysis Report generated by the AI Feedback &amp; Insights Agent. Please note this is based on “dummy” data, and not an accurate reflection of real comments received.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Example of an Analysis Report generated by the AI Feedback &amp; Insights Agent. Please note this is based on “dummy” data, and not an accurate reflection of real comments received.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Example Analysis Report 3</image:title>
      <image:caption>Example of an Analysis Report generated by the AI Feedback &amp; Insights Agent. Please note this is based on “dummy” data, and not an accurate reflection of real comments received.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - The Legacy 'Product-First' Gate</image:title>
      <image:caption>The original entry point was built around business silos rather than user mental models. It forced shoppers to self-diagnose their insurance needs by choosing between complex categories (Medicare vs. Individual and Family Plans) before even entering the funnel. This created a high cognitive burden for users who lacked technical insurance literacy, often leading to "choice paralysis" or immediate abandonment.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - The Product-Centric Barrier</image:title>
      <image:caption>This diagram illustrates the legacy "Product-First" workflow, which required users to act as insurance experts before even entering the funnel. By forcing a choice between complex plan categories (Medicare vs. Individual and Family Plans) at Step 1, the system created a technical gate. My analysis showed that this forced users into "self-diagnosis," where any lack of domain knowledge resulted in an immediate dead-end or a high-friction pivot to a phone representative.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - The People-First Logical Framework</image:title>
      <image:caption>This redesigned workflow replaces technical gates with a "people-first" entry engine. By shifting the primary input to Identity (Household Member/Zip/Age), we allowed the system to handle the heavy lifting of eligibility in the background. This architecture creates a "no-fail" path: users either flow into a system-verified product recommendation or utilized the "Escape Hatch" to explore the full catalog. This structural shift was the primary driver behind the 45% reduction in time-to-convert.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - The People-First Selector</image:title>
      <image:caption>This redesigned selector replaces legacy technical gates with a "People-First" logic. By prioritizing the user’s Minimal Viable Identity (Age, DOB, and Location), we removed the requirement for insurance literacy to begin the shopping journey. The "Escape Hatch" (highlighted) was designed for the 33% of users who lacked a specific product preference, providing a clear path to comprehensive results and directly contributing to a 33% increase in task completion.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Removing the Burden of Choice</image:title>
      <image:caption>A showcase of how the UI "responds" to identity. Instead of asking the user to navigate a catalog, the system uses real time eligibility data to pre-select the correct product path. By automating this decision, we offloaded the cognitive burden from the user to the system, resulting in a seamless transition from "Who am I shopping for?" to "What can I shop for.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Measuring Sentiment: Solving for User Frustration</image:title>
      <image:caption>Beyond conversion, our success was measured by the "quality" of the user journey. By replacing the confusing product-first selector with a logic-driven entry point, we achieved a 50.1% reduction in frustration events, specifically Rage Clicks. This data point, captured via FullStory, serves as the ultimate validation of the "People-First" shift. It confirms that the original technical gate was the primary source of user agitation and that our new architecture successfully restored user confidence and autonomy.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Visualizing the Friction: The Product-First Funnel</image:title>
      <image:caption>This FullStory data visualization captures the high "Drop-off" and long conversion time metrics associated with the legacy product-centric selector. Forced to choose between technical insurance categories, over 65% of users abandoned the flow. The data confirmed our hypothesis: the "technical gate" wasn't just a usability issue – it was a significant revenue leak, resulting in a fractured conversion path and a high volume of expensive support-call redirects.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Quantifying Efficiency: The People-First Performance Lift</image:title>
      <image:caption>Post-launch telemetry confirmed that removing the "technical Gate" radically streamlined the user journey. By shifting the complexity to the system's backend, we achieved a 33% increase in successful conversions. Even more telling was the impact on cognitive load: the average time to convert dropped from 2m 55s to 1m 36s. This 45% reduction in "time-to-task" proves that the identity-based entry point didn't just help people finish, it helped them navigate with significantly more confidence and less hesitation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Measuring Sentiment: Solving for User Frustration</image:title>
      <image:caption>Beyond conversion, our success was measured by the "quality" of the user journey. By replacing the confusing product-first selector with a logic-driven entry point, we achieved a 50.1% reduction in frustration events, specifically Rage Clicks. This data point, captured via FullStory, serves as the ultimate validation of the "People-First" shift. It confirms that the original technical gate was the primary source of user agitation and that our new architecture successfully restored user confidence and autonomy.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - A Snapshot of Legacy Process Debt</image:title>
      <image:caption>This original file illustrates the organizational "Black Box" that existed before standardization. The lack of naming conventions, missing mobile specs, and reliance on manual redline notes forced a heavy dependence on synchronous meetings and developer guesswork. This "sloppy" architecture created significant institutional fragility, where design intent was trapped in localized comments rather than a scalable, technical contract.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Diagnosing the Friction: Multi-Departmental Pain Points</image:title>
      <image:caption>To move beyond personal assumptions, I conducted a cross-functional audit to uncover the true cost of our fragmented handoff process. These synthesized insights from UX Designers, Developers, and QA Engineers revealed a shared frustration with "hidden work" and subjective testing. By documenting these conflicting perspectives, I was able to prove that the lack of a mobile design standard wasn't just a design preference, it was a systemic bottleneck causing sprint delays and technical debt across all 15 teams.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Challenging the "Desktop-Only" Bias</image:title>
      <image:caption>This targeted discovery session exposed the cultural myth that our demographic didn't utilize mobile devices. By surfacing raw feedback from Designers, Developers, and QA, I highlighted a critical gap: we were ignoring accessibility for users on high-zoom browser settings and tablets. These quotes served as the catalyst for change, proving that the lack of mobile specifications was the primary driver of production bugs and inconsistent user experiences across the platform.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - The Definition of Ready: Standardizing the Handoff Contract</image:title>
      <image:caption>To eliminate ambiguity and ensure cross-team consistency, I transformed the handoff process into a mandatory Jira sub-task checklist. This stylized template acts as a formal technical contract, requiring every designer to verify responsive layouts, state logic, and accessibility compliance before code is ever written. By embedding these requirements directly into the engineering workflow, we shifted the burden of "discovery" back to the design phase, drastically reducing developer guesswork and stabilizing sprint velocity.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - File Hygiene as Governance: Designing for Discoverability</image:title>
      <image:caption>This snapshot reveals the standardized page structure implemented to manage the design lifecycle across 15 teams. By creating dedicated spaces for Research, Sketching, and Prototypes, we separated the messy "creative process" from the technical "Source of Truth." The addition of a "Production" layer, tracking the current live implementation, and a "Dev Ready" gate ensured that stakeholders and engineers never had to guess which designs were approved for build. This organization transformed Figma from a canvas into a reliable documentation system.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Case Studies - Operationalizing "Dev Mode": A Component-Driven Source of Truth</image:title>
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      <image:caption>This artifact demonstrates the shift from a "Desktop-Only" culture to a responsive-first workflow by providing specific specifications for Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile views. By visualizing how a single feature reflows across different viewports, we removed the burden of layout interpretation from the engineering team. This comprehensive approach ensured that our product remained functional and accessible for users across all devices, while specifically accounting for the high-zoom accessibility needs of our core demographic.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>To validate the systemic impact of these changes, I conducted post-implementation interviews across the 15 teams. The feedback confirmed a significant shift in organizational maturity: Designers felt more autonomous, Developers gained technical clarity, and QA achieved objective testing standards. By moving the definition of “ready” from a vague concept to a documented technical contract, we successfully transformed the design-to-engineering handoff from a bottleneck into a predictable, high-velocity process that reduced rework and eliminated tribal knowledge dependencies.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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