Maria's Portfolio

Systems Analysis & Modeling – The Hope Buss Website Project

This document showcases a comprehensive systems analysis for a nonprofit website, including use case descriptions, requirements traceability matrices, UML diagrams, and interface prototypes. It captures both user and administrator interactions, detailing core features such as search functionality and blog management. The project demonstrates the ability to gather requirements, model system behavior, and design solutions that align with organizational goals. Through structured documentation and visual modeling, this work highlights strong analytical thinking and proficiency in translating real-world needs into technical system designs.

Website Information Architecture – UofL School of Medicine Sitemap

This spreadsheet presents a structured sitemap developed for the UofL School of Medicine, outlining the organization and hierarchy of website content. The spreadsheet defines page relationships, navigation flow, and content groupings to support a clear and intuitive user experience. It demonstrates the ability to analyze stakeholder needs and translate them into a logical site structure that improves usability and accessibility. This work highlights skills in information architecture, planning, and systems thinking, ensuring that complex web content is organized in a scalable and user-centered manner.

Drupal CMS Web Development – UofL Research Labs Page

This project highlights hands-on experience developing a live webpage using the Drupal content management system for the UofL School of Medicine. The page features a structured layout including a hero section, a responsive card grid, and internal navigation linking to additional research lab pages. Content was organized to present complex academic information in a clear, user-friendly format. This work demonstrates proficiency in Drupal site building, component-based design, and content management, as well as an understanding of usability and accessibility principles in a real-world institutional web environment.