This paper aims to study the relationship between teamwork competences and successful innovative projects. Empirical insights are provided on this relationship from a study carried out at the School of Mining and Energy Engineering (UPM) in Madrid (Spain). The results of this study establish a strong connection between teamwork and innovative projects using Hierarchical (AHP) and statistical analysis. Throughout this article, the study of successful innovative projects and specifically the role that work teams play in them is proposed to build a model for the creation of work teams that serves as a tool to develop innovative projects of success. The final motivation of this line of research is that if the aspects that define successful innovative projects are known, the model can be fed with the characteristics that these projects include, predict and even prioritize in a portfolio of projects the allocation of resources that will be necessary. The deepening of work teams allows establishing a relationship between successful innovative projects and the composition of these teams, thus being able to propose a team-building model as a diagnostic and planning tool for innovation projects. As a whole, the paper highlights the importance of team composition and development in order to achieve success in innovative projects.