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Jeff Boord

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Management Consultant, Slalom Consulting

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I am a seasoned professional with experiences across various industries and fortune 500 companies. A few client organizations over the course of my career include: Chevron, Applied Materials Solar Business Group, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and Computer Associates.

Some ...

I am a seasoned professional with experiences across various industries and fortune 500 companies. A few client organizations over the course of my career include: Chevron, Applied Materials Solar Business Group, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and Computer Associates.

Some areas of may particular expertise include project management office operations, project management business process design, enterprise project management and collaboration software system implementation, change management and end user training.

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July 15, 2011

Jeff Boord and 1 other person answered this question

What's the best way to prep for the PMP exam?

Along with the PM experience and training required by PMI to qualify for the exam, I found the best study source to be a book called PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy.
The sections of her book have practice test questions at the end of each ... more

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Career Development

June 1, 2011

Jeff Boord and 2 other people answered this question

What are the limits of Excel as a project management tool?

I think when projects start to have consistent symptoms such as missed deadlines, budget over-runs and insufficient deliverables then it is time to start looking at the inputs planning and the process for managing a project.
For example if a project consistently has late milestones ... more

Information Technology

Information Technolgy

June 1, 2011

Jeff Boord and 8 other people answered this question

What is the best project/task management software for small business?

Basecamp is a good one. Also check out Liquid Planner, and Innotas.

Information Technology

Project Management

Task Management

June 1, 2011

Jeff Boord and 5 other people answered this question

Project managers - do you prefer Sharepoint or MS Project?

I cannot say that I prefer one over the other because they provide different services with different benefits for a project.
I prefer to use SharePoint for activities such as: document sharing, risk and issue management, status report delivery and light-weight task management. I use ... more

Information Technology

Project Management

Jan. 13, 2011

Jeff Boord and 9 other people answered this question

What is the best project management tool for a tech startup?

I think the best tool really depends on the requirements for what the organization is trying to get out of their project management tool.
There is nothing wrong with managing a task list and assignements in excel. However for something that is more collaborative and ... more

Information Technology

Management Software

Project Management

Dec. 9, 2010

Jeff Boord and 5 other people answered this question

What are your project management software 'must haves?'

I think one important this to look at is what is the lowest level of planning required by the organizaiton and the lowest level fully supported by the toolset.
For example, MS Project uses tasks and task assignments as the lowest level of data, which ... more

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