Critical success factors of a project
| Factors | Sub-factors |
|---|---|
| Leadership and the team | Project manager |
| Project team member | |
| Collaboration within the team | |
| Organizational | Top management support |
| Project size and complexity | |
| Favorable work environment and flexibility | |
| Resources | Funding, Financial support |
| Technology Facilities | |
| External environment | Relationship with clients |
| Technological environment | |
| Political and social factors | |
| Project management activities | Project time/cost/quality management |
| Project risk/control/procurement management | |
| Project communication | |
| Project HR management |
Characteristics of a productive research environment
| Organisational and institutional factors | Human and cultural factors |
|---|---|
| Decentralized organization | Leadership with research expertise and skills |
| Assertive, participative governance | Sufficient size, age, and diversity of the research group |
| Accessible resources | Positive group climate |
| Appropriate rewards | Strong research emphasis |
| Clear goals serving a coordinating function | Frequent communication |
| Focus on recruitment and selection | Distinctive research culture |
Interview guide themes
| 1. Assessment of project implementation conditions and problems faced |
| 2. Success factors for research projects |
| 3. Perspectives and recommendations |
Success factors for research projects
| Categories | Sub-categories | Occurrence of codes |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional support | Administrative support and guidance | Highly cited factors |
| Favourable environment and flexibility | ||
| Leadership and collaboration | Role of the team leader | |
| Motivation and perseverance of the researcher/team | Moderately cited factors | |
| Effective horizontal and vertical communication | Less cited factors | |
| Resource and project management | Financial support, appropriate equipment | |
| Effective project management | ||
| Project market orientation and impact |
Interviewees’ demographic characteristics
| Demographic characteristics | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 16 |
| Female | 11 | |
| Experience | More than 5 years | 4 |
| Less than 5 years | 23 | |
| Field of study | Social Sciences and Humanities | 5 |
| Economics, Business and Management | 7 | |
| Science and Technology | 6 | |
| Engineering | 5 | |
| Medical and Health Sciences | 4 | |
| Position | Research centre director | 1 |
| Division Director | 4 | |
| Senior researcher | 6 | |
| Postgraduate director | 2 | |
| Laboratory Director | 6 | |
| Lecturer | 8 | |
Project implementation problems
| Categories | Sub-categories | Occurrence of codes |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative and bureaucratic problems | Rigid bureaucracy and operational standstill | Highly cited factors |
| Slow administrative process | ||
| Lack of monitoring and ambiguity in role definition | ||
| Human and relational problems | Demotivation of team members | Moderately cited factors |
| Lack of involvement and disengagement | ||
| Weak links with the socio-economic world | ||
| Problems of resources | Insufficient resources and technical support | Less cited factors |
| Optimisation of use and maintenance |