Terry L Bartholomew

Posted By Terry on July 24, 2011

Terry L  Bartholomew

Many studies confirm that the major causes of poor IT project performance can be traced to poor requirements, poor communication, and poor change control (i.e. scope creep). These are exactly the areas I have focused on over the last 20 years as a requirements and process analyst.

I have 29 years’ experience in requirements analysis including structured techniques such as data flow diagramming and functional decomposition; as well as object oriented experience with use case analysis and various UML tools. My introduction into process improvement was back when it was still called Total Quality Management; where as a contractor, I lead a process improvement team as part of the modernization of the National Weather Service. I have also lead process improvement teams under both the CMMI©-DEV and the CMMI©-SVC Constellations from the Software Engineering Institute for the US Army.

But it was my Lean Six Sigma training and experience that coalesced my thinking about the relationship between requirements and process analysis. I now realize that a business process:

  • Provides a framework that couples requirements together into a coherent whole,
  • Facilitates requirements analysis and development,
  • Provides a visual model that makes the requirements more understandable, and
  • Provides a lens through which any change to requirements can be analyzed.

I am now able to apply a much broader range of tools to develop better requirements; which can be more easily communicated to all stakeholders; and be more rationally controlled to avoid scope creep.

Please accept the attached resume that provides more detail regarding my 29 years’ experience in requirements and process analysis in the IT field.

Posted By Terry on July 24, 2011

Terry L. Bartholomew

9306 Humphries Drive

Burke, VA 22015

 

Email:              terrybar@cox.net

Home:              (703) 978-8363

Mobile:            (571) 216-7281

Objective: To contribute to his employer’s success in achieving mission objectives through leveraging his extensive requirements analysis and process improvement skills.

Summary: Twenty-Eight-years experience with Northrop Grumman supporting all life cycle aspects of Information Technology projects. In the last 20 years Mr. Bartholomew has focused on Process Improvement and Requirements Analysis and Development in support of Northrop Grumman clients. He is experienced in using several structured and object-oriented tools to develop specifications for Information Technology systems from client needs expressed in the user’s language. He is also skilled using process improvement techniques learned at the Software Engineering Institute and has earned certifications in both Lean and Six Sigma techniques from Villanova University. Mr. Bartholomew continuously hones his communications skills in order to better communicate user needs to system developers and has earned the Distinguished Toastmaster designation, Toastmasters’ highest award.

History:  09/01/2009 to 07/08/2011, As a Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Requirements Analyst; Mr. Bartholomew worked with the office of the Director of Acquisition Business Systems, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Plans, Programs, and Resources. His primary responsibility is to elicit, analyze, validate, specify, verify, and manage the needs of Army Acquisition stakeholders, customers, and end users in the acquisition business systems community. He directly affects the efficiency and effectiveness of several wide ranging systems such as the Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment Decision Support Tool (OCIE-DST); the RDECOM Business Integration System (RBIS); the Rapid Acquisition/Rapid Equipping (RA/RE) Common Operating Picture (COP) tool; and the Weapon Systems Review (WSR) automation tool. Although each of these tools serves a different purpose in Army acquisition; each has a common goal: to satisfy the information needs of the users more efficiently and at less cost.

From 09/08/2008 to 09/01/2009, Mr. Bartholomew served as a Northrop Grumman Information System Process Improvement Manager, where he led the process improvement effort at Army Knowledge Online (AKO) by organizing an Engineering Process Group (EPG); managing the initial documentation of process areas from the CMMI for Services Model; and assisting Process Owners in documenting their processes. While at AKO he also led a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) team to improve ticket resolution processes at the DKO Help Desk and determined the Root Causes of the ticket resolution problems. Recommen-dations made by Mr. Bartholomew’s team had the potential to shorten this process by more than fifty percent.

From 11/06/2006 to 09/08/2008, Mr. Bartholomew served as the Northrop Grumman Information Systems, CMMI Manager for the US Army Human Resource Command (HRC) Information Technology Support Services (ITSS) program. He developed, maintained, and trained project personnel in CMMI based process improvement, and performed compliance audits on HRC ITSS CMMI capability level 2 and 3 processes. He used his abilities and in resolving problems through developing a cost effective open-source solution for the Army Selection Board System (Secure) application.

From 03/01/2006 to 11/06/2006. Mr. Bartholomew served as the Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Requirements Analyst as a subcontractor to Accenture Government Services for the Defense Logistics Agency Integrated Data Environment (DLAIDE) development effort. He developed the workflow processes using the Rational RequisitePro Requirements Tool, developed the related workflow processes in Rational ClearQuest and linked the two together for reporting.

From 04/15/1999 to 03/01/2006. Mr. Bartholomew served as Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Requirements Manager for the Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System (DIMHRS); the Theater Medical Information Processing (TMIP) systems; the DoD W-TIC project; and the Government Computer Patient Records (GCPR). During this time period, he developed a complete set of CMMI compliant Requirements Management and Requirements Analysis processes for CMMI Level 5 organizations; converted user needs to Unified Modeling Language (UML) use cases and class diagrams; used them to specify technical requirements; traced UML diagrams in Rational Rose to requirements in RequisitePro; and developed a business model in Rational Rose on which to base business process reengineering activities for the DoD W-TIC effort.

From 04/15/1988 to 04/15/1999. Mr. Bartholomew served as a Litton, PRC Requirements Manager, for the Advanced Weather Interactive System (AWIPS). He was a Total Quality Management (TQM) leader in Process Improvement and Quality in Daily Work activities and successfully performed customer witnessed tests for thirty-two hardware components by streamlining the end-to-end process that links source requirements, derived requirements, test procedures, test results and test reports using the Informix Database.

From 06/15/1982 to 04/15/1988.   While employed as a Systems Analyst for Planning Research Corporation, Mr. Bartholomew performed an Office Automation Feasibility Study for the Kennedy Space Center, analyzed and selected office automation software for a Federal Aviation Administration System, developed a process for Photo ID Conversion at the Pennsylvania Public Welfare System, and documented software for the Naval Military Personnel Records System (NMPRS) on various projects.

From 04/15/1976 to 05/15/1982 Mr. Bartholomew worked as, the Records Management Officer for the City of Mesa in Arizona and as Records Manager for the Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company in Washington, DC.

From 09/15/1968 to 10/17/1975, United States Air Force

Education

Major Degrees

  • May 1980, Arizona State University, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree
  • May 1978, Arizona State University, Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Accounting

Minor Degrees

  • May 1968, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica New York, Associate in Science in Engineering Science (AS)

Additional Information

  • December 2007, Introductory CMMI Course, SEI, Arlington Virginia
  • May 2008, Intermediate CMMI-DEV Course, SEI, Arlington Virginia
  • June 2008, Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Villanova University
  • July 2008, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
  • August 2008, Certified Lean Sensei, Villanova University
  • November 2008, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Villanova University