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Dave Nickson

It was with much sadness that I learned of Dave’s passing from his
 daughter. Although he was not a well man in recent years it still 
came a shock since was only recently that I was Skyping with him.

It is always difficult to try to summarise a person’s life in a few 
sentences especially someone as accomplished and well liked as Dave .

His tales of working in Moscow and introducing flares into the city 
are legendary, this was matched by Dave’s wicked sense of humour 
which stayed with him to the end.

Dave was a great Project Manager working on many projects such as 
Merseyside Fire Brigade where he introduced the Client to the world 
of Gantt charts. My lasting memory of Dave was seeing him 
programming a Calcomp printer to produce yards if not miles of a 
Gantt chart and then covering a wall in the Arndale centre with it .

He was a true professional and his attention for detail was 
unsurpassed, he was one of a few PM’s that qualified for the Prince 
accreditation and his filing systems were amazing and he helped me 
greatly in getting many of my projects compliant with the Prince 
methodology .Although based in Man12 Dave covered projects in Edi 04 
, Wak01 , Leeds .

Dave also was a founder member of the “Old Buggas” 

Dave was a great guy and I am pleased to be able to call him my 
friend.

Reported by John Mann

Here are some comments from his colleagues

That's so sad, Dave was a lovely man. So glad you all got out too 
see him this year. He dreamed the impossible dream and you guys gave 
it to him.

 John Quirk

Dave’s Gantt charts were legendary! At least one roll of sellotape 
to hold each one together. And we had a few good nights on the 
scotch whilst working out of the Edi04 office 

James Garbett

I knew Dave back in the early 70s when he was a programmer managing 
the installation of the new payroll system at Manchester City 
Council (with Liz Pegg working on his team!). Had many a laugh and 
drink with him, perhaps his 2 finest achievements were confusing 
Debbie at Merseyside Fire and Rescue with the intricacies of a 
mesmerising Gantt chart and discovering the Smithfield and hosting 
our Christmas lunch. He will be sadly missed  

 Brian Tarmey

It was so good to spend some time with Dave in March. He was always 
good value and generous. He never lost his sardonic wit even in 
adversity. Dave was the ultimate PM. He was the only person I ever 
met that challenged Angela Thomas. He also had a filling system that 
he used – magician like – to produce evidence for his plans.

He even achieved his final target of hitting 70, We’ll miss him 

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