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Sir Monty Finniston Award
Lifetime Achievement
Professor Peter Morris
“One of the ‘fathers’ of project management research in the UK”, was how APM president Dr Martin Barnes described Professor Peter Morris, the recipient of this year’s Sir Monty Finniston Award.
This award is the most prestigious of the APM Project Management Awards and is presented to the individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the development of project management.
Peter is credited with completing one of the earliest PhDs in project management in the UK, and followed it up with his work on integration management that features in the classic text, The Handbook of Project Management.
During his time as fellow and executive director with the Major Projects Association, he undertook seminal research into the success and failure of projects and has written several academic papers on the subject.
“His third such paper continues to be quoted to this day, and is still way ahead of many people’s understanding of the subject”, said Martin.
Among his other accolades, Peter is regarded as the inspiration behind the first edition of APM’s Body of Knowledge, and two subsequent research projects that formed the basis for the third and fifth editions.
A professor at Manchester University and University College, London, Peter also resided over a successful period as APM chairman, during which time the association doubled in size and launched its successful certification programme.
In his closing comments, Martin Barnes said he agreed wholeheartedly with APM vice president Professor Rodney Turner’s nomination. “I think the case for Peter to be awarded a life-time achievement award is compelling”, he said.