Martin Parr
About
Martin Parr is an Honorary Professor at the University of Kent, Business Owner at Guided Systems Solutions, and formerly a Senior Principal Consultant at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Martin has worked with a number of government departments including Defence, Education and the Cabinet Office to establish key strategic initiatives. Martin has advised on the governance of a number of UK government programmes that have annual budgets in excess of one billion pounds, including the Ministry of Defence test and evaluation programme. Martin has led a number of technical activities including co-chairing a NATO group to consider the cost-related implications of autonomy. Martin is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Operational Research Society.
Research interests
Martin’s research interests include governance, assurance and the use of soft analysis in complex organisations. Martin has co-authored a key review of the practice of governance for Project X. Project X was developed by the Infrastructure and Project’s Authority (IPA) as a way to encourage research in project and programme activities to consider ‘real-world’ issues that are manifest across the Government’s Major Project Portfolio (GMPP).