Criteria For Selection And Gate Reviews Of Technology Innovation Projects

Authors

  • Herman Steyn University of Pretoria
  • Brigitte Binneman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/25-1-718

Keywords:

Project selection criteria, Gate review criteria, Technological innovation, Commercial success.

Abstract

This paper describes appropriate project selection criteria and gate review-point criteria for government agencies that fund technology innovation projects in South Africa. Data was gathered via a Delphi survey in which seven expert respondents participated. The most significant project selection criteria and relevant gate reviewing criteria were established. The proposed basic framework consists of fourteen selection criteria, their associated weights, and forty relevant gate reviewing criteria. Commercial risk and feasibility was considered the most important criterion, followed by the team

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Author Biography

Herman Steyn, University of Pretoria

Graduate School of Technology Management.

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Published

2014-05-13

How to Cite

Steyn, H., & Binneman, B. (2014). Criteria For Selection And Gate Reviews Of Technology Innovation Projects. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 25(1), 117–130. https://doi.org/10.7166/25-1-718

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2014)

Section

General Articles

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