Fatores críticos de sucesso no processo de desenvolvimento de um veículo baja para competições

Abstract

In the face of the constant changes brought about by technological developments, the development of new products has become increasingly competitive, so the search for information that is decisive in the decision-making of managers is very important. In this universe, competitive intelligence helps in the analysis of competitors, in the systematization of data and in the identification of essential aspects that infer in the monitoring and search of critical success factors, which directly reflect the performance of a project. Although the Baja SAE projects have a different nature, the search for these critical success factors also applies and is very important for the development of these projects. In this context, the present study aims to identify the critical success factors that are closely linked to the Baja vehicle development process for Baja SAE competitions. For this identification, guidelines based on the Rockart (1979), Pauluci and Quoniam (2006) methods were used, divided into six stages: the first involves the bibliographic review, in which the contents related to the studied subject were searched; step two represents the determination of the generic parameters; the third step consists in the elaboration of the informational questionnaire; in the fourth stage the data collection was carried out, with the application of the questionnaire; the fifth stage covered data processing; and finally, in the sixth stage, the critical success factors were identified, which occurred through a non-probabilistic sample, which does not represent the population as a whole, but even so, it pointed out the critical success factors for projects Baja SAE of the sample surveyed. As the main results of the study, it was possible to show, with the teams that answered the research, 30 critical success factors distributed in 21 questions. Among them are: personal motivation and pro-activity; lack of interest in the project; difficulty in organizing tasks and activities; meetings between members; and schedule deviations.