Conceptual Approaches to Decision Making Innovative Projects of It Companies

Abstract

One of the most important factors in the development of the innovation system of IT companies is the assessment of the cost of the innovation project. Evaluating innovative projects is the most important factor that determines the competitiveness of the company on the roar. Therefore, it is important to choose the right methodology for assessing the cost of innovative projects for high-tech enterprises. The purpose of this article is to summarize and classify the existing methods for evaluating innovative projects for high-tech enterprises, which satisfies their peculiarities, and to determine the most optimal of the methods considered. As the main methods of evaluating innovation, the article proposes such approaches as a funnel of ideas, an open innovation method, an innovation matrix, a Delphi method, statistical and analytical methods. To take full advantage of the innovation effect, each organization must identify and implement effective innovation management. The development of a successful innovation process should take advantage of something new (technological innovation, a new management or organizational process, etc.). The article also considers the methods of presentation for processing the results of analysis and decision-making on innovative IT projects. Questions to analyze and assess the chances of success of ideas up to innovative projects. Presentation methods for solution-oriented analysis results processing. Implementation of methods in auxiliary tools. After analyzing the available methods for evaluating innovative projects, it can be noted that it is the method of funneling ideas that is the most optimal. After all, it contains a high-quality process of developing an idea and allows you to consider the largest number of ideas that subsequently go through a thorough evaluation process and only the best and most profitable ideas will be accepted for implementation. The article indicated approaches that allow to carry out a comprehensive assessment and ranking of innovative IT projects based on an analysis of the impact of their expected results on the scope of the enterprise.