Darren Dalcher Explained

Darren Dalcher is a British engineer and senior academic. He is Professor in Strategic Project Management at Lancaster University Management School and Director of the National Centre for Project Management (NCPM) in the UK.

Early life

He earned a PhD in Software Engineering from King's College London.

Career

He is involved in organising international conferences, and has delivered many keynote addresses and tutorials,^[1] including PMexpo,^[2] BIS conference^[3] and others. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, and Editor of Routledge Frontiers in Project Management. He is the Academic Advisor and Editor of the APM Body of Knowledge, 7th Edition.^[4]

Honours

• Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, awarded for outstanding contributions to the practice and discipline of project management^[5]
• Fellow, British Computer Society
• Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
• Fellow, Chartered Management Institute
• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
• Senior Member, IEEE
• Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Member, INCOSE
• Member, Project Management Institute
• Member, Academy of Management
• Member, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery.
• Member of the PMI Advisory Board responsible for the David I. Cleland project management award and of the APM Professional Development Board.
• Named Academic of the Year by Project magazine,^[6]
• Named one of the top 10 "movers and shapers" in project management in 2008 by the Association for Project Management^[7]

Published books

• Successful IT Projects, Thomson Learning, 2007.
• Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory, Routledge, 2016.^[8]
• Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes, Routledge, 2017.^[9]
• The Evolution of Project Management Practice: From Programmes and Contracts to Benefits and Change, Routledge, 2017.^[10]
• Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change, Routledge, 2018.^[11]
• APM Body of Knowledge, 7th Edition, Association for Project Management, 2018.
• Leading the Project Revolution: Reframing the Human Dynamics of Successful Projects, Routledge, 2019.^[12]
• Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World, Routledge, 2022.^[13]

Notes and References

1. http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/people/darren-dalcher Professor Darren Dalcher
2. https://www.pmexpo.it/programma/tk001 Who killed innovation? … and what we can do about it
3. http://bis.ue.poznan.pl/bis2017/keynote-speakers/ Keynote speakers
4. Web site: APM Body of Knowledge 7th Edition Hits the Bookshelves! | APM. www.apm.org.uk.
5. Web site: Chairman Prof Darren Dalcher Awarded Honorary Fellowship . 2023-04-16 . www.apm.org.uk . en-GB.
6. Web site: Professor is academic of the year. Enfield Independent.
7. Web site: pmworldtoday.net. www.pmworldtoday.net.
8. Web site: Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory . Routledge & CRC Press.
9. Web site: Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes . Routledge & CRC Press.
10. Web site: The Evolution of Project Management Practice: From Programmes and Contracts to Benefits and Change . Routledge & CRC Press.
11. Web site: Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change . Routledge & CRC Press.
12. Web site: Leading the Project Revolution: Reframing the Human Dynamics of Successful Projects . Routledge & CRC Press.
13. Web site: Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World. Routledge & CRC Press.