Peter Thomas, CITP MBCS (retd) CFPS Fellow

Experience

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  Siemens Plessey

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1995

  Software Engineer

  Held a variety of roles:- project manager- design authority- training manager- test manager

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  IBM

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2008

  Software size and estimating specialist

  • Periodic review and update of the AS Maintenance document which is an addendum to the “contract”. • Providing leadership in changing Service Request (RFS) process and measurement to get improved and more accurately measured “Speed of Response” for about $500m of work for AS and influence improvement to RFS process in other delivery organisations.• Supporting Project Managers and their management for their IT Measurement and estimating activities. For example, being a trusted source of expertise, providing a new version of FP Estimate tool.• Providing constructive input on the scope and execution of process change initiatives which impacted the delivery of a significant portion of the Application Services portfolio (several hundred million dollars per year.• Partnering with the CIO finance team to facilitate charge tracking by Asset (application). Use my knowledge and experience of IT measurement and implementation architectures, critical team size capability, etc. to clarify rules, provide input to the design of data analysis and reports. Initiate actions to resolve none compliance, in particular with Europe working with their Business Office to update IBM’s time recording and labour charging system.• Developing and bug fixing the data extract, analysis, and reports for tracking defects, change requests, maintenance hours, Customer Satisfaction Conditions Of Satisfaction (COScard). Running other reports associated with tracking the organisation’s service level agreements. Communicate reports to relevant management and professionals and resolve data integrity and other issues.• Enhancing the time recording guidance and set-up to facilitate activity based tracking of charges to the Client. Working with finance and business operations focal points in each part of the delivery organisation across the world to provide guidance for them and material they can cascade to project managers and professionals recording time. Show less

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  Steria

  Sept 2008 - Oct 2013

  IT Consultant

  Functionally size projects and assess their complexity for estimating, productivity, and defect density measurement.

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  Retired Chartered IT Professional looking for part time assignments

  Nov 2013 - now

  Retired Chartered IT Professional looking for part time assignments

  My skills and experience are getting stale. As the saying goes - one last role of the dice - Please contact me if you and your organisation want insight of software measurement and estimating.

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  IFPUG

  Oct 2014 - now

  This committee "owns" the IFPUG software functional sizing method. ISO/IEC 20926:2009 and creates papers etc. to support the method Hosted an unconference September 2016, Baltimore, MD, USAArranged the conference April 2015 in Charlotte, NC, USA

  • Member FSSC (CPC)

    Jan 2006 - now

  • Chair - Conference and Education Committee

    Oct 2014 - Sept 2016
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  Train Installations LLC

  Jan 2019 - now

  Computer Aided Design Drafter & labourer

  Train Installations LLC designs and instals model railroads of all scaleshttps://www.traininstallations.com/