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.^[1]

Early life

He earned a PhD in Software Engineering from King's College London.^[2]

Career

He is involved in organising international conferences, and has delivered many keynote addresses and tutorials,^[3] including PMexpo,^[4] BIS conference^[5] 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.^{[6] [7]}

Honours

• Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, awarded for outstanding contributions to the practice and discipline of project management^[8]
• Chartered Fellow, British Computer Society^[9]
• Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
• Fellow, Chartered Management Institute^[10]
• 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,^[11]
• Named one of the top 10 "movers and shapers" in project management in 2008 by the Association for Project Management^[12]

Published books

• Successful IT Projects, Thomson Learning, 2007.^{[13] [14]}
• Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory, Routledge, 2016.^[15]
• Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes, Routledge, 2017.^[16]
• The Evolution of Project Management Practice: From Programmes and Contracts to Benefits and Change, Routledge, 2017.^[17]
• Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change, Routledge, 2018.^[18]
• APM Body of Knowledge, 7th Edition, Association for Project Management, 2018.^{[19] [20]}
• Leading the Project Revolution: Reframing the Human Dynamics of Successful Projects, Routledge, 2019.^[21]
• Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World, Routledge, 2022.^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pells . David . Interview with Darren Dalcher . 2024-09-24 . PM World Journal . en-US.
2. Web site: IEEE Author Details .
3. http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/people/darren-dalcher Professor Darren Dalcher
4. https://www.pmexpo.it/programma/tk001 Who killed innovation? … and what we can do about it
5. http://bis.ue.poznan.pl/bis2017/keynote-speakers/ Keynote speakers
6. Web site: APM Body of Knowledge 7th Edition Hits the Bookshelves! | APM. www.apm.org.uk. 2 May 2019 .
7. Web site: Cutter Consortium . 2024-09-24 . www.cutter.com.
8. Web site: Chairman Prof Darren Dalcher Awarded Honorary Fellowship . 2023-04-16 . www.apm.org.uk . en-GB.
9. Web site: Pells . David . Interview with Darren Dalcher . 2024-09-27 . PM World Journal . en-US.
10. Web site: Darren Dalcher - Research Portal Lancaster University . 2024-09-27 . www.research.lancs.ac.uk.
11. Web site: Professor is academic of the year. Enfield Independent. 30 March 2008 .
12. Web site: pmworldtoday.net. www.pmworldtoday.net.
13. Book: Dalcher . Darren . Successful IT Projects . Brodie . Lindsey . 2007 . Thomson Learning . 978-1-84480-699-7 . en.
14. Book: Dalcher, Darren . Successful IT projects . 2007 . London : Thomson Learning . Internet Archive . 978-1-84480-699-7.
15. Web site: Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory . Routledge & CRC Press.
16. Web site: Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes . Routledge & CRC Press.
17. Web site: The Evolution of Project Management Practice: From Programmes and Contracts to Benefits and Change . Routledge & CRC Press.
18. Web site: Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change . Routledge & CRC Press.
19. Web site: Darren Dalcher - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile . 2024-09-27 . www.routledge.com.
20. Book: Murray-Webster . Ruth . APM Body of Knowledge . Dalcher . Darren . 2019 . Association for Project Management . 978-1-903494-81-3 . en.
21. Web site: Leading the Project Revolution: Reframing the Human Dynamics of Successful Projects . Routledge & CRC Press.
22. Web site: Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World. Routledge & CRC Press.