Barbara Carkenord

Business Analysis and Project Management Consulting, Training, Mentoring @Carkenord Consulting

Greenville, SC, US

I enjoy working with small companies, introducing business analysis and project management best practices and tailoring them to the organization\'s needs. Working remotely I can help your organization as you need help, no travel plans or full time committments. I look for opportunities to assist with maturing business analysis and project management teams, agile coaching, and micro-training projects along with strategic planning and business architecture development. Industry knowledge in insurance, financial services, mortgage servicing, manufacturing, hospitality, and others.Example client projects: For a small software services company - I started a company-wide community of practice for software development. Facilitated CoP startup, education, creation of a company-wide knowledge base for the company\'s products. Identified and coached CoP leaders and turned over the community to them.For a small insurance company - helped build a business analysis team by creating job descriptions, training, mentoring, helping develop team processes, assistance with capability models for the company. Facilitated retrospectives for sprints and projects.For a global technology company - facilitated a project management training program for over 100 project managers; led weekly discussions with small cohorts to reinforce concepts and apply fundamentals to current project work.

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

MBA

Albion College

Bachelor of Arts