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Vol. XI Issue XII - December 2009
Project Management eJournal
GUEST EDITORIAL
Advances in Project Management
By Prof Darren Dalcher, PhD
Middlesex University
London, UK
This editorial launches a new series of articles in PM World Today that will extend and enhance our knowledge and capabilities in the management of projects by introducing new ideas and distilling existing knowledge in distinct areas of project management. The growth of the discipline means that it is a growing set of specialisms and competencies that need to be mastered and the series will offer short practical introductions to many of these areas.
Why project management?
Project management is increasingly being recognised as a key competence in many organisations in both the public and private sectors. Trends such as downsizing, reduced management layers, greater flexibility, distributed teams and the challenges of rapidly evolving technology have taken project management beyond its routes in the construction, engineering and aerospace industries and are playing a part in transforming the service, financial, IT and general management sectors. Academic courses, professional training and accreditation programmes are blossoming as practitioners seek to enhance their knowledge, skills and competencies. Fortune has even rated project management as the number career choice at the beginning of the 21st century.
About the Author
Darren Dalcher, PhD Author Darren Dalcher, Ph.D. FAPM, FBCS, CITP is Professor of Software Project Management at Middlesex University 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 in 2008 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 150 papers and book chapters on project management and software engineering. He is Editor-in-Chief of Software Process Improvement and Practice, an international journal focusing on capability, maturity, growth and improvement. He is the editor of the book series, Advances in Project Management, published by Gower Publishing of a new 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 in the UK and beyond. He is a Fellow of the APM and the British Computer Society, and a Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), the Academy of Management, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Association for Computing Machinery. He is a Chartered IT Practitioner. He is a Member of the PMI Advisory Board responsible for the prestigious David I. Cleland project management award and of the APM Professional Development Board. For more information, visit http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/ncpm/d_dalcher.html.
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