Darren Dalcher
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Author, Professor, Series Editor
Director, National Centre for Project Management
Lancaster University Management School, UK
Darren Dalcher, Ph.D. HonFAPM, FRSA, FBCS, CITP, FCMI SMIEEE SFHEA is Professor in Strategic Project Management at Lancaster University, and founder and Director of the National Centre for Project Management (NCPM) in the UK. He has been named by the Association for Project Management (APM) as one of the top 10 “movers and shapers” in project management and was voted Project Magazine’s “Academic of the Year” for his contribution in “integrating and weaving academic work with practice”. Following industrial and consultancy experience in managing IT projects, Professor Dalcher gained his PhD in Software Engineering from King's College, University of London.
Professor Dalcher has written over 200 papers and book chapters on project management and software engineering. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, a leading international software engineering journal. He is the editor of the book series, Advances in Project Management, published by Routledge and of the companion series Fundamentals of Project Management. Heavily involved in a variety of research projects and subjects, Professor Dalcher has built a reputation as leader and innovator in the areas of practice-based education and reflection in project management. He works with many major industrial and commercial organisations and government bodies.
Darren is an Honorary Fellow of the APM, a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and the Royal Society of Arts, A Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the British Academy of Management. He is a Chartered IT Practitioner. He sits on numerous senior research and professional boards, including The PMI Academic Member Advisory Group, the APM Research Advisory Group, the CMI Academic Council and the APM Group Ethics and Standards Governance Board. He is the Academic Advisor and Consulting Editor for the next APM Body of Knowledge. Prof Dalcher is an academic advisor for the PM World Journal. He is the academic advisor and consulting editor for the next edition of the APM Body of Knowledge.
He can be contacted at d.dalcher@lancaster.ac.uk.
Updated September 2018
BOOKS
Leading the Project Revolution: Reframing the Human Dynamics of Successful Projects, 1st Edition; Edited by Darren Dalcher; Routledge, December 2018
Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change,1st Edition; Edited by Darren Dalcher, Routledge, August 2018
The Evolution of Project Management Practice: From Programmes and Contracts to Benefits and Change, 1st Edition; Edited by Darren Dalcher; Routledge, September 2017
Further Advances in Project Management: Guided Exploration in Unfamiliar Landscapes, 1st Edition; Edited by Darren Dalcher, Routledge, December 2016
Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory, 1st Edition; Edited by Darren Dalcher, Routledge, August 2016
Articles and Papers
- Who needs knowledge? The never-ending pursuit of understanding - Series Article - Dalcher - November 2023
- Making sense of life cycle wars: From model to reality - Series Article - Dalcher - August 2023
- From agile software development to management agility: The way forward - Second Edition - Dalcher - April 2023
- Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World (Routledge) - Book Review - Deka, Dalcher - February 2023
- Becoming responsible: Rethinking projects for our modern age, Interview with Darren Dalcher - Interview - Dalcher - February 2023
- Is it time to rethink agile? (Advances in Project Management) - Series Article - Dalcher - December 2022
- Rediscovering innovation in project management: A post-crisis perspective - Series Article - Dalcher - April 2022
- The quest for artificial intelligence in projects - Series Article - Dalcher - March 2022
- Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World - News Article - Dalcher - January 2022
- The power and peril of common standards: Knowledge and standards in project-work - Series Article - Dalcher - November 2021
- What you don’t know may still bite you: Learning to deal with the unknown - Series Article - Dalcher - August 2021
- Scaling up to business agility - Series Article - Dalcher - May 2021
- From adversity to innovation: Forging a creative discovery journey (Advances in Project Management article) - Series Article - Dalcher - March 2021
- Leading the transformation: Navigating disorder in times of crises - Series Article - Dalcher - January 2021
- Thinking in portfolios (Advances in Project Management) - Series Article - Dalcher - December 2020
- Spare a thought for governance: Curating a better future - Series Article - Dalcher - November 2020
- Reflections on Resilience for Mindful Managers - Series Article - Dalcher - October 2020
- In whose interest? Repositioning the stakeholder paradox - Series Article - Dalcher - September 2020
- Reboot for purpose: Beyond the tragedy of the commons - Series Article - Dalcher - June 2020
- Leadership in times of crisis: What’s different now? - Featured Paper - Dalcher - May 2020
- Is now a good time for a fundamental rethink of leadership? - Series Article - Dalcher - April 2020
- Expanding our risk repertoire to encompass opportunities - Series Article - Dalcher - February 2020
- Beyond the mind of the maker: Adventures in knowledge making - Series Article - Dalcher - October 2019
- Taking responsibility for our actions: The return of stewardship - Series Articles - Dalcher - August 2019
- The return of the hacker: Rethinking projects, progress, innovation and teams - Series Article - Dalcher - July 2019
- Beyond authority: Power to the people (Advances in Project Management) - Series Article - Dalcher - May 2019
- The entrepreneurship advantage: Looking in new places - Series Article - Dalcher - April 2019
- Moving beyond project delivery: Reflecting on the life cycle concept as way for organising project work - Series Article - Dalcher - January 2019
- The leadership imperative and the essence of followership - Series Article - Dalcher - October 2018
- Project Management will Continue to Grow: Interview with Prof Darren Dalcher - Interview - , Dalcher - October 2018
- The wisdom of teams revisited: Teamwork, teaming and working for the common good - Series Article - Dalcher - September 2018
- The power of communication and the challenge of hidden assumptions - Series Article - Dalcher - August 2018
- Connecting for corporate social innovation - Series Articles - Dalcher - July 2018
- Benchmarking for a quick turnaround: The search for performance excellence - Series Articles - Dalcher - June 2018
- Interview with Darren Dalcher Ph.D., HonFAPM - Interviews - Dağlı, Dalcher - June 2018
- Strategy execution: Overcoming the alignment trap - Series Articles - Dalcher - May 2018
- Working in the Shadows: Exposing our inner demons - Series Articles - Dalcher - April 2018
- The map is not the territory: Musings on complexity, people and models - Series Articles - Dalcher - March 2018
- Strategy as learning to discover the way forward - Series Articles - Dalcher - February 2018
- Why culture really matters: The hidden perils of acculturation - Series Articles - Dalcher - January 2018
- Team dynamics and the perils of agreement - Series Articles - Dalcher - December 2017
- The leaders we deserve - Series Articles - Dalcher - November 2017
- Commercial management and projects, a long overdue match - Series Articles - Dalcher - October 2017
- Who killed change? Reconsidering the relationship between projects and change - Series Articles - Dalcher - September 2017
- Is it time for good enough governance? - Series Articles - Dalcher - August 2017
- The Case for Further Advances in Project Management - Commentaries - Dalcher - August 2017
- We need to talk about strategy - Series Articles - Dalcher - July 2017
- Coming to terms with the unknown: Re-invoking Knightian uncertainty - Series Articles - Dalcher - June 2017
- Homing in on project performance - Series Articles - Dalcher - May 2017
- What has Taylor ever done for us? Scientific and humane management reconsidered - Series Articles - Dalcher - April 2017
- It starts with trust: People, perspectives and relationships as the building blocks for sustainable success - Series Articles - Dalcher - March 2017
- So where do benefits come from? - Series Articles - Dalcher - February 2017
- Changing for the better? Living with the inherent paradox of change - Series Articles - Dalcher - January 2017
- On the importance of context - Series Articles - Dalcher - December 2016
- Thinking in Patterns: Problems, Solutions and Strategies - Series Articles - Dalcher - November 2016
- The essence of collaboration: Extending our reach and potential - Series Articles - Dalcher - October 2016
- The unspoken role of sponsors, champions, shapers and influencers - Series Articles - Dalcher - September 2016
- Thinking Teams, performing teams and sustaining teams: Beginning the dialogue around working together - Series Articles - DalcherDalcher - August 2016
- Thinking in Contracts: The role of intelligent procurement in projects - Series Articles - Dalcher - July 2016
- Business cases, benefits and potential value: The impact of planning fallacy, optimism bias and strategic misrepresentation on the road to success - Series Articles - Dalcher - June 2016
- Time to rethink the social element of projects: Building on ambient awareness and social media - Series Articles - Dalcher - May 2016
- Why planning is more important than plans - Series Articles - Dalcher - April 2016
- Asking strategic questions: reflections on the temporal bounds of projects and programmes - Series Articles - Dalcher - March 2016
- Progress through people: The study of projects as if people mattered - Series Articles - Dalcher - January 2016
- Complexity, projects and systems: Just going around in circles? - Series Articles - Dalcher - December 2015
- Resilience as Bouncing Forward: Developing the capability to cope when bouncing back is no longer sufficient - Series Articles - Dalcher - November 2015
- Here comes everybody: Reframing the stakeholder concept when just about everyone can become your stakeholder (Intro to Advances in Project Management Series Article) - Series Articles - Dalcher - October 2015
- The sprint or the marathon? Finding a metaphor to account for value in projects and programmes - Series Articles - Dalcher - September 2015
- In data we trust: Establishing the value of information, big data and analytics - Series Articles - Dalcher - July 2015
- There is nothing so permanent as temporary: Some thoughts on adapting project structures - Series Articles - Dalcher - June 2015
- Whose success is it anyway? Rethinking the role of suppliers in projects - Series Articles - Dalcher - May 2015
- Not by accident: revisiting quality management (Intro to Advances in Project Management Series article) - Series Articles - Dalcher - April 2015
- For whose benefit? Reclaiming the role of users in projects - Series Articles - Dalcher - January 2015
- Learning to deal with emergencies: What the project management bodies of knowledge don’t tell us (Advances in Project Management Series) - Series Articles - Dalcher - December 2014
- Is it time to rethink project management (Advances in Project Management Series) - Series Articles - Dalcher - October 2014
- Making knowledge count: Where to find meaningful information - Series Articles - Dalcher - June 2014
- Too little, too late, or too much, too early: Are we paying enough attention to stakeholders? - Series Articles - Dalcher - May 2014
- Who Needs Project Requirements? (Introduction to Advances in Project Management Series) - Series Articles - Dalcher - April 2014
- Whatever happened to management by objectives? Learning to look beyond goals - Series Articles - Dalcher - March 2014
- When people make decisions: Thinking and deciding in projects - Series Articles - Dalcher - February 2014
- Seeing change: the power to think in new ways - Series Article - Dalcher - January 2014
- Project economics: Wishful thinking, conspiracy of optimism or a self-fulfilling prophecy - Series Articles - Dalcher - December 2013
- Managing Change: Organisations, People and the Search for Performance - Series Articles - Dalcher - June 2013
- The Complexity Dialogues: ‘Complicated’ and ‘Complex’ – the management difference Panelists: Remington & Cavanagh – Moderator: Dalcher - Series Articles - Cavanagh MSc , Remington, Dalcher - May 2013
- Professionalism, ethics and needing to ask - Series Articles - Dalcher - April 2013
- From Quality to the Pursuit of Excellence - Series Articles - Dalcher - March 2013
- From Projects to Strategy, and Back Again - Series Articles - Dalcher - February 2013
- Is There a unified Theory of Project Management? - Series Articles - Dalcher - January 2013
- Sustainability and Success (Advances in Project Management) - Series Articles - Dalcher - December 2012
- The Art of Communication (Advances in Project Management) - Series Articles - Dalcher - November 2012
- The burden of making good decisions (Advances in Project Management) - Series Articles - Dalcher - September 2012
- Overstating the benefits - Series Articles - Dalcher - August 2012