Hi, my name is Elen.
I'm a highly motivated self-learner who is passionate about IT management.
My story
I started researching the IT management field in 2021. While studying such management disciplines as project and product management, I noticed a significant gap in the vital information in the Armenian IT community. To strengthen my knowledge and simultaneously generate value for society, I decided to localize a few projects with the most comprehensive information regarding project management and Web3.
Two of these projects, as well as the startup I'm working at, are shown below.
Another goal that I want to achieve is to show my expertise in working with the most popular management tools.
My hobby projects
Web3 Fundamentals
(Trello)
This project allows you to explore the core concepts and nuances of the Web3 world (in Armenian). You'll get acquainted with how to become a Web3 user, as well as with such interesting concepts as NFT, DAO, and DEFI. As an add-on, the project explains the consensus mechanism (Proof-of-Work, Proof-of-Stake), Smart Contracts, and Blockchain technology.
Project Management
(Notion)
This project is a result of my thorough research of the most common and modern project management principles, practices, and tools. I compiled several short articles (In Armenian) describing what a project is, what the project artifacts are, and what the difference is between management philosophies, methodologies, and frameworks.
I believe this will be highly useful for those who make their first steps in IT and are considering a manager career.
My Startup
On my spare time, I work on a hobby startup project called "Cookie Jar", in which I aim to ensure a low turnover rate of employees in the HORECA (Hotel, Restaurant, Cafe) sector. Cookie Jar provides a set of tools for businesses to organize their in-house processes more efficiently. The toolkit includes features like employee schedule management, performance tracking, loyalty programs, and a lot more.
Within this project, I have reached several significant milestones, among which:
- Conducted market research, and collected the data over face-to-face conversations, surveys, and hands-on work in a few different restaurants and cafes;
- Developed an initial version of the Cookie Jar app wireframes in (Whimsical.com).
- Written a detailed product requirements document (PRDs) of the project in Confluence
- Together with a friend, we've developed an initial version of app designs in Figma
You can see the prototyped version of the design via this link.
- You can view the case study written for this project by our UI-UX Designer.
One of the underlying ideas of this project was for me to build a project from scratch where I'll be involved in all the necessary activities from concept to shipping.
A few facts about me
- For 8 years, I was an actor in NCA Small Theater (Yerevan, Armenia);
- I was a student at Yerevan Academy of Fine Arts;
- Self-taught piano;
- This is the first time I have used a no-code system to build a website :-).