David I Cleland
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David I Cleland is professor emeritus in the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Dr. Cleland is the author or editor of 39 books on project management, including The Project Management handbook (1988), Engineering Management and Manufacturing Management. He is the most published author of project management textbooks in the world.[citation needed]
He has served as a consultant for both national and foreign companies, and is co-founder of the University of Pittsburgh’s Manufacturing Assistance Centre (MAC), whose mission is to provide manufacturing systems technology assistance to small and mid-sized manufacturers in Western Pennsylvania.
Dr. Cleland holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, and MBA and MA degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently semi-retired and divides his time between teaching, writing and occasional speaking engagements.
[edit] Relationship with PMI
A long time member of the Project Management Institute, Cleland was named a Fellow of PMI in 1987 and has received PMI’s Distinguished Contribution to Project Management Award an unprecedented three times.
The PMI has named an award in his honour; the PMI David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award.
Its purpose is to recognize and honour the best project management literature published during the previous calendar year. This award recognizes the author for significant contributions and for advancing the project management knowledge, practices, procedures, concepts, or other advanced techniques that demonstrate the value of using project management. The publication may be on historical, current or future endeavours.
