Collaborating to solve business challenges results in more diverse ideas and better outcomes. It also ensures the buy-in of stakeholders to the proposed changes. But collaboration is often difficult and time consuming. Join this session to learn about why collaboration is difficult and get some hints for fostering a more collaborative environment on your projects and team.
- Why is collaboration so valuable?
- Why is collaboration so hard?
- How can we make it easier?
Barbara Carkenord holds a CBAP®, PMI-PBA®, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, SAFe® POPM. Barbara is a leader in business analysis, providing training and consulting to help companies improve their analysis maturity, consistency, and effectiveness. She combines her entrepreneurial and business analysis experience with her love of education to promote the development of the business analysis practice. Barbara serves on the board of directors for the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). During her career, Barbara co-founded two successful companies and worked in varied industries, including manufacturing, financial services, real estate, and software development. Barbara has served as a leader, mentor, consultant, trainer, and instructional designer.
She has written numerous books, articles, blogs, and training manuals aimed at helping professionals enhance their skills, including Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis. Throughout her career, Barbara has been passionate about enabling people and organizations to succeed through analysis. Analytical thinking allows organizations to increase their process efficiency and improve the quality of their products. Beginning her career in software development, early assignments allowed her to design systems that streamlined employee processes, increased the quality of information, and improved customer relationships. Barbara’s focus on critical thinking and increasing business value drove her to help define the business analysis profession. As an early IIBA Member, she worked on the development of the worldwide standard for business analysis, the BABOK® Guide.
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