The drivers and obstacles to the success of R&D projects of RTO (Case Study: acecr)

The purpose of this study is to identify drivers and obstacles to the success of R&D projects of RTO (Case study: acecr). In order that achieve this goal, a qualitative approach and a descriptive phenomenological method have been used. The statistical population of the research is the acecr project managers, from which 29 people in 6 different scientific fields of basic sciences, humanities, technical and engineering, medicine, veterinary and agriculture. Data were also collected in the period of 2019-2020 using semi-structured interview tools until the achievement of theoretical saturation. The data were analyzed based on seven-step Colaizzi strategy. According to the research findings in the drivers section,190 separate concepts and 27 sub-criteria in the form of 6 main factors including technical knowledge and practical experience of project management, project manager's professional skills, project manager's ethical and behavioral characteristics, intellectual abilities Project manager, organizational structure and processes, and organizational culture and attitudes were identified. Also in the obstacles section, 120 separate concepts and 21 sub-criteria in the form of 6 main factors including insufficient knowledge of the project manager, skills inefficiency of the project manager, insufficient design and structure of the organization, Weakness of systematic actions of the organization, limited organizational resources and extra-organizational challenges were identified.