Barbara Carkenord, President, B2T Training, has over 20 years experience in business analysis. Barbara possesses an MBA from University of Michigan and is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP). She began her career in the Information Technology area as a programmer, systems analyst, business analyst, and project manager. Barbara is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has authored many articles on business analysis. Barbara is the main editor and contributor of the bridge, B2T Training's business analysis magazine. Actively involved in the IIBA, she is a core team member of the IIBA BABOK creation committee. Barbara published her first book, Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis in the fall of 2008.

Barbara possesses detailed knowledge and experience in many structured approaches and methodologies. She is the primary writer of B2T Training course materials which bring together proven techniques with real-world experience. Barbara's areas of expertise include business analysis, high-level design, quality assurance, and project management. Her experience covers many industries including insurance, banking, and manufacturing. She conducts formal and informal training sessions, consistently receiving excellent student evaluations.

"Lots of excellent anecdotes. Barb was great at stimulating class discussion. She is clear, animated and enthusiastic about the subject."

"Barbara was amazing! She was very informative, used real life examples, and made me very comfortable with asking questions, even if they seemed minimal."

"Shared applicable real life stories, excellent instructor. I thoroughly enjoyed her class and knowledge."

"Exceptionally valuable that Barbara has done this before and could relate to real life examples."

"Couldn't have asked for a better instructor. Very knowledgeable, kept sessions under control. Good presentation skills. Made the class."