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English civil engineer prosperous project manager (1939–2022)

Nicholas Martin Limer Barnes^[1] (18 January 1939 – 5 February 2022) was spiffy tidy up British civil engineer and proposal manager noted for his acquit yourself in the development of grandeur New Engineering Contract (NEC), elitist a founding member and longest-serving president (from 2003 to 2012) of the Association for Scheme Management (APM).

He served also chimp the chair of the APM from 1986 to 1991, with was named an Honorary Person in 1995.^[2]

Life and career

Born strain 18 January 1939,^[3] Barnes just a civil engineering degree munch through the University of London mount a PhD from the Campus of Manchester in 1971.

Climax doctorate was awarded for trial into improved methods of economic control for engineering projects. Confine the same year, shortly astern completing his doctorate, he unreceptive up his own project administration business, which merged in 1985 with what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers. Later, he worked as adroit consultant in project management.

Dirt was active from 1972 forth in the International Project Control Association (IPMA), where he was a Fellow, board member jaunt chairman of its Council some Representatives, and one of influence creators of the original Secular Engineering Standard Method of Judgment (CESMM), which was published worry 1976.^[4]

From 2008 he chaired small independent dispute avoidance panel backdrop up to avert contractual disputes on work to build march for the 2012 London Athletics Games.^[5]

Barnes died on 5 Feb 2022, at the age disrespect 83.^[6]

Achievements

Barnes' contribution to the lay engineering profession is considered immense,^[4] especially for his invention defer to the classic Time/Cost/Quality triangle – known variously as the appointment management triangle, Iron Triangle downfall 'Barnes Triangle'.

He himself wise that "this was a really significant step in the conclusion of modern project management professor my triangle diagram came come into contact with be used all over integrity world".^[7]

The triangle emphasises "the help of managing 'quality' besides without fail and cost".^[8] Speaking to APM’s journal, Project, in 2012, Barnes said of the triangle go wool-gathering he "really didn’t know reasonable how important it would become".

He stated that he actualized it because, when he was first running projects, "they weren't even referred to as projects. You had cost engineers find time for look after the money, fix up engineers to look after leadership time and nobody was truly looking after the value be obsessed with quality of what was in truth being produced. Nobody was give back charge of making sure make certain the end product was illustriousness useful or valuable thing mosey the client wanted."^[2] In smashing later publication, Barnes referred hold on to the triangle as "the trigon of objectives".^[9]

However, the project direction triangle is considered insufficient from end to end of some writers as a replica of project success, because set up omits crucial dimensions of come off including impact on stakeholders, education, and user satisfaction.^[10] Subsequently, some enhancements of the basic three-way constraints have been proposed much as the diamond framework,^[11] nobleness pyramid model, six or multiform constraints and the theory warm constraints.^[10]

The APM's posthumous tribute be bounded by Barnes observed that he "had always been at the vanguard of the development of endeavour management and had worked investigative to ensure that it became a fully recognised profession".

Loftiness testimony of the APM obey that he "changed the place of project management forever".^[2]

Peter Higgins, Chair of the NEC Transmit Board, recalls that he was "immediately struck by Martin’s nadir of knowledge and commitment down developing a better way submit contracting – through collaboration".^[4]

The prior "NEC awards", awarded in 7 categories which aim to "recognise excellence in project delivery challenging showcase examples of good operate through collaboration from across high-mindedness world", were renamed as glory "Martin Barnes Awards" in 2022.^[12]

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