Darren Dalcher
British computer scientist
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, including PMexpo, BIS conference 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.
Honours
Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management, awarded for outstanding contributions to the practice and discipline of project management
Chartered Fellow, British Computer Society
Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
Fellow, Chartered Management Institute
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,
Named one of the top 10 "movers and shapers" in project management by the Association for Project Management
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
Published books
Successful IT Projects, Thomson Learning, 2007.
Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory, Routledge, 2016.
Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes, Routledge, 2017.
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