1. Become an Agile Project Manager (Certification)

   This learning path helped me understand the core ideas around being an Agile Project Manager. Starting through the foundations of Agile and popular frameworks like Scrum and customers and other interactions. I also learned about the outdated format of Waterfall and the benefits of Agile being used instead. Overall, the agile process is productive, efficient, and allows for flexibility. The hierarchical structure and meetings such as Sprints allow for Agile to be a successful framework. I also learned the importance of Agile retrospectives as they should prioritize the team’s flaws and room for improvement. This path also talks about task management and burndown charts to measure the productivity and output. I finally learned about the various tools I have for Agile such as Jira, Azure, CA Agile, etc. But the important thing is to use tools that orient towards Agile’s values of “Collaboration” and “face-to-face communication”.

   Microsoft Project 2016 Essential Training (Certification)

   The Microsoft Project 2016 learning path helped me understand how to utilize its features for a successful project. Everyone mostly knows how to use Excel, but how would we use that in a project setting where we need tasks, updates, and general project management? This is where the learning path helped me the most as it helped me understand how to set various specific options. Options that included resource allocation, task allocation, and a overview of the project efficiency by having schedule statuses and even graphical reports. Microsoft Project being properly utilized has a lot of value since it measures the budget use and timing of your project process.

   Learning Design Thinking: Lead Change in Your Organization (Certification)

   Design Thinking is an important learning path since developers often fail at understanding where their product is lacking. Design Thinking emphasizes emotions and empathy as the focus is on the user experience first rather than just focusing on a developer’s perspective. These simple principles can make a world of difference since a team’s efficiency and productivity can be vastly improved. Design Thinking needs the team mentality to be understanding and open to ideas, this includes personalities as teams can have introverts or extroverts which work differently. The user focus can only come after the team has come together mentally as the productivity and understanding of the user’s problems will be magnified. I also learned about creative collaboration which highlights the needs for hypotheses, journey maps, synthesis, and concepting. Creative Collaboration thrives with open-ended forms of brainstorming and ideas that understand the user’s way of thinking.

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For my Web Application Development Project at Temple University, sponsored by Professor Laurel Miller, I developed two special purpose web calculators (Loan repayment, Water intake) using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap. The project focused on applying front end development concepts to build functional, user friendly tools that handle both valid and invalid user input without using browser alerts or prompts. I was responsible for designing the layout, implementing the calculation logic, and testing the applications in a live server environment. Through this project, I strengthened my understanding of JavaScript event handling, DOM manipulation, and building web applications based on real academic requirements.

The Student Loan Affordability and Payment Calculator is designed to help students make more informed financial decisions. It was developed using HTML and JavaScript techniques taught in the class for the final project.  The tool evaluates loan affordability through debt-to-income ratio analysis and generates personalized repayment insights. It also compares the costs of traditional international bank wire transfers with USDC stablecoin transfers for expenses such as tuition, highlighting potential savings. Overall, this solution enables students to assess how much they can realistically borrow while identifying the most cost-effective method for managing cross-border education payments.

For this project, I designed and developed a fully functional JavaScript application as part of my coursework. I was responsible for planning the features, writing the core logic, validating user input and ensuring the interface was intuitive and reliable. Throughout the process, I strengthened my skills in problem solving, event handling, and clean coding practices. This experience also gave me a deeper understanding of how front-end applications handle data, support user decisions and improve overall workflow efficiency.

The Lifestyle Affordability Calculator is a special purpose tool designed to help users understand whether their current monthly lifestyle can realistically fit within their take home income. Instead of focusing on only one financial detail, this calculator looks at a person’s full spending pattern, which includes essential expenses such as housing, transportation, and groceries, as well as lifestyle choices such as subscriptions, dining out, and shopping. It then compares these expenses to the user’s income to determine whether the lifestyle is financially sustainable.

The purpose of this calculator is to show users how much they spend each month, how much money they have left over or are short, and whether their lifestyle is comfortable, borderline, or not affordable. It also provides a breakdown of spending categories in percentages, which helps users understand how their habits align with widely used budgeting guidelines like the 50/30/20 rule.

People would want to use this calculator because many individuals struggle to evaluate their spending or understand where their money goes each month. This tool gives simple and immediate feedback that does not require advanced financial knowledge. It is useful for planning a move, adjusting spending habits, preparing for major life changes, or simply gaining a clearer picture of their financial health. The calculator offers practical and real-world value for anyone who wants to manage money responsibly and avoid overspending.

Through this project, I learned how important it is to evaluate a person’s full spending habits and present that information clearly. I gained experience using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, and jQuery to build an interactive calculator that updates results instantly and organizes data in a user-friendly layout. I also learned how to apply budgeting concepts like the 50/30/20 rule through code so users can easily understand whether their lifestyle is sustainable. Overall, this project showed me how programming and financial concepts can work together to create a tool that gives clear and practical insight.

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Lifestyle Affordability Calculator

In my Web Application Development course, I designed and built a Project Management Calculator, a web-based tool that helps users estimate key project metrics such as total tasks, expected completion time, required budget, and overall cost breakdown. I developed the application using HTML for structure, CSS and Bootstrap for responsive styling, and JavaScript/jQuery for interactive functionality and dynamic calculations. Throughout this project, I strengthened my skills in front-end development, event handling, form validation, and creating user-friendly interfaces. I also gained experience in organizing code for easy maintaining and ensuring that the application responds smoothly across different screen sizes. This project allowed me to combine technical problem-solving with simple design to deliver a functional, real-world utility.

In my MIS 2402 course I designed and developed two interactice web application using, HTML, CSS, JavaScrip, jQuerey and Bootstrap. The first application was a loan repayment calculatory generated throug an AI-assisted workflow. This refined and debugged to ensure accurate financial calcualation and propper validation. The second aplication was an original tool that I created called the Campus Parking Survival calculator. This toolhelps college commuter compate the costs and time impact of purcahising daily parking versus a monthly pass. I designed the calcuator to provide inights on monthly cost, time spent searching for parking, and potential savings. This project strengthened my skills in web development, AI, coding, and web design.