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Founder, President & CEO of E2 Consulting Inc. established in 2000 (originally BCP Consulting, then TechniGals), then re-opened in as E2 Consulting 2008 Created first university-accredited Business Analysis Diploma Program Former Practice Director of Business Analysis & Requirements Center of Excellence Development of full scale practice framework including Competencies, Key Performance Indicators, Career Plan, Interview Metrics, Role Descriptions, Training Curriculum, Performance Measures Lead, instructional and organizational capacities, with direct experience in management, organizational change management, enterprise architecture, application development, application maintenance and IT strategy Strategic Consultant § Defining schedule for strategic assessment of processes and controls under the auspices of the Enterprise Processes Mapping project for enterprise-wide processes and controls § Delivering recommendations based on standard IT Best Practices and improvements to reduce cost and increase efficiency § Developing team and providing functional training to Business Analyst Fresher Candidates for project execution § Development of internal framework to support service delivery to consulting clients § Providing management consulting for improvements to project governance and internal infrastructure § Conducted detailed assessment of requirements documentation to understand opportunities for change and improvement to quality of requirements deliverables § Analyzed and re-engineered process improvements to various internal methodologies and practices used by the PMO and BA groups for Requirements, Best Practices, Roles and Competencies § Industries include healthcare, pharmacy, insurance, retail, hydro-electricity, and natural gas Business Analysis Practice Formalization § 2003: Barbara Davis worked to introduce the world’s first university accredited Business Analysis diploma program. The first course ran in 2005 with the approval of University of Winnipeg Student Senate § Barbara interviewed and assessed approximately 300 BA’s of all career levels as part of her role as Practice Director of UST Global’s Business Analysis and Requirements Center of Excellence Quality Champion § She has become a champion for the practice by defining the BA career path, assessment tools, competencies, Key Performance Indicators, educational programs, centers of excellence, auditing and redefining practice methodologies at companies such as UST Global, Safeway and HEB. Methodologist § Barbara has defined new methodologies for requirements, organizational change, resource management § She has audited numerous methodologies for PMO, testing, and business process engineering Author § She has written many articles and whitepapers including subjects such as change management, requirements, team management, business design, and adding value Professional Skills Trainer § Developed & conducted numerous workshops and training sessions § Barbara has delivered multiple college, university and professional courses, workshops & seminars to rave reviews