Artistikk Impressions - Jasmine Monique Lewis

Tech Event Recap | Black Tech NOLA: Creator Summit (11/4/2024)

15 Feb

On Monday, 4th of November 2024, NOLAvate Black hosted its 7th Black Tech NOLA: Creator Summit in conjunction with New Orleans Tourism & Cultural Fund. NOLAvate Black is the largest Black Tech conference in the New Orleans region. I had the pleasure to attend my first Black Tech NOLA: Creator Summit at Loyola University New Orleans from 8am – 4pm.

The event featured four panels and a keynote presentation. Except for the keynote, I attended each panel. I have provided details of the notes and takeaways I gathered from the panel speakers.

Scrum Fundamentals Certification (SFC) | Study Guide – Part II: Scrum Principles

27 Jan

In my previous article Scrum Fundamentals Certification (SFC) | Study Guide – Part I: Introduction, I provide a synopsis of the examination, an overview of scrum, its principles, aspects, phases, benefits, and impediments. As aforementioned, I am pursuing my SCRUMstudy’s Scum Fundamentals Certification (SFC) to learn how to more sophistically implement the Scrum framework, an agile methodology, into my software and project management projects. In this section, Scrum Fundamentals Certification (SFC) | Study Guide – Part II: Principles , I will outline the six principles of the Scrum framework necessary to pass SCRUMstudy’s Scrum Fundamentals Certification.

Scrum Fundamentals Certification (SFC) | Study Guide – Part I: Introduction

03 Jan

I am pursuing my SCRUMstudy’s Scrum Fundamentals Certification (SFC). I am taking this course and exam because it introduces the Scrum framework. Scrum is a framework within agile methodology commonly used more than Waterfall that can be used to implement simple and complex projects. In this article titled Scrum Fundamentals Certification (SFC) | Study Guide – Part I : Introduction, I provide a synopsis of the examination, an overview of scrum, its principles, aspects, phases, benefits, and impediments.

New Orleans Writers Workshop Recap | Surprise!, Or How To Get Started (01/28/2023)

09 Nov

I want to share the activities of a poetry workshop, New Orleans Writers Workshop titled Surprise!, or How To Get Started, I participated in last year. As I perfect my writing craft, I enjoy exploring and learning different mediums of self-expression. At the of age nine, and greatly influenced by hip hop emcees, I became mesmerize by shaping words into images in rhythmic form. However, as an uneducated youth of hip hop culture, I was unaware that rap is poetry to a beat. But, as I matured, I learned to love poetry and what it has to offer the human soul and experience.

M.A.C.S [book]: Mentors, Advisors, Coaches & Sponsors | Chapter 2 – A Tale of Two ‘Mentors’ :: Brush It Off

03 Nov

For chapter two of our M.A.C.S [book] series, we will focus on Mentors. In A Tale of Two “Mentors”, I will demonstrate through parables of my college and entrepreneurship journey, lessons I learned by having two female mentors. Chapter 2 – A Tale of Two “Mentors” is comprising of three separate sub sections: When to Brush Things Off, How or When to Terminate or Take a Break in a Relationship and lastly, The Necessity of Open Communication. In “When to Brush Things Off” section, referred to as Brush It Off, we will discuss why and how not to become immersed in minuscule occurrences and lose sight of having mentorship in your life. A Mentor should be beneficial in your personal and/or professional development. You should have multiple mentors throughout your life because individuals have different skills and expertise. People’s knowledge and experience are not interchangeable; thus, you can learn and acquire a plethora of knowledge and wisdom from others with various backgrounds.

Scrum Framework: The Definition of Done

19 May

Scrum Framework: The Definition of Done provides an explanation of how to determine a scrum team’s definition of done for user stories and bugs. By having a team’s agreed upon definition of done it permits a Scum team to know when items are releasable. Within a course titled Scrum Framework: Definition of Done, this linguistic-written-works-of-artz {L.WWoA} provides the five levels of planning, evolution of product scope, definition of done in product development, variations of defining done, creating a definition of done, definition of done and the Sprint goal, and lastly, the definition of done and empiricism.