Darren Dalcher

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
• Professional Member, Institute for Systems Engineering
• 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 by the Association for Project Management ^[12]
• Named one of the five leading thinkers in project management and global development, bridging the gap between academic theory and real-world project execution, by the Nation ^[13]

Published books

• Successful IT Projects, Thomson Learning, 2007. ^{[14] [15]}
• Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory, Routledge, 2016. ^[16]
• Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes, Routledge, 2017. ^[17]
• The Evolution of Project Management Practice: From Programmes and Contracts to Benefits and Change, Routledge, 2017. ^[18]
• Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change, Routledge, 2018. ^[19]
• APM Body of Knowledge, 7th Edition, Association for Project Management, 2018. ^{[20] [21]}
• Leading the Project Revolution: Reframing the Human Dynamics of Successful Projects, Routledge, 2019. ^[22]
• APM Body of Knowledge, Revised 7th Edition, Association for Project Management, 2022 ^[23] .
• Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World, Routledge, 2022. ^[24]
• Getting Started with Tech Ethics: An introduction to ethics and ethical behaviours for IT professionals, BCS: The Chartered Institute for IT, 2025. ^[25]

References

1. Pells, David. "Interview with Darren Dalcher". PM World Journal. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
2. "IEEE Author Details".
3. Professor Darren Dalcher - Lancaster University
4. Who killed innovation? … and what we can do about it - PMexpo
5. Keynote speakers - 20th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2017)
6. "APM Body of Knowledge 7th Edition Hits the Bookshelves! | APM". www.apm.org.uk. 2 May 2019.
7. "| Cutter Consortium". www.cutter.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
8. "Chairman Prof Darren Dalcher Awarded Honorary Fellowship". www.apm.org.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
9. Pells, David. "Interview with Darren Dalcher". PM World Journal. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
10. "Darren Dalcher - Research Portal | Lancaster University". www.research.lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
11. "Professor is academic of the year". Enfield Independent. 30 March 2008.
12. "pmworldtoday.net". www.pmworldtoday.net.
13. "Leading thought leaders in project management and global development".
14. Dalcher, Darren; Brodie, Lindsey (2007). Successful IT Projects. Thomson Learning. ISBN   978-1-84480-699-7.
15. Dalcher, Darren (2007). Successful IT projects. Internet Archive. London : Thomson Learning. ISBN   978-1-84480-699-7.
16. "Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory". Routledge & CRC Press.
17. "Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes". Routledge & CRC Press.
18. "The Evolution of Project Management Practice: From Programmes and Contracts to Benefits and Change". Routledge & CRC Press.
19. "Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change". Routledge & CRC Press.
20. "Darren Dalcher - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
21. Murray-Webster, Ruth; Dalcher, Darren (2019). APM Body of Knowledge. Association for Project Management. ISBN   978-1-903494-81-3.
22. "Leading the Project Revolution: Reframing the Human Dynamics of Successful Projects". Routledge & CRC Press.
23. APM Body of Knowledge (Revised 7th ed.). Association for Project Management. 2022.
24. "Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World". Routledge & CRC Press.
25. "Getting Started with Tech Ethics: An introduction to ethics and ethical behaviours for IT professionals". BCS: The Chartered Institute for IT.