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Urbanization causes the highest local extinction rates and often leads to the loss of the vast majority of native species. Plant communities are sensitive to urban expansion and are therefore indicators of human land use. A city park, part of which has undergone reconstruction, was studied. The study found that the changes in ecological conditions caused by the reconstruction of a city park can be detected using phytoindication. The informativeness of phytoindication scales was shown to increase under conditions of anthropogenic load. The phytoindication scales are a reliable source of information for assessing the state of the vegetation cover of park plantations. The ecological regimes were assessed based on descriptions of the vegetation cover using Didukh's phytoindication scales. The phytoindication approach allows one to identify changes in ecological regimes that occur as a result of park reconstruction and to separate them from ecological regimes of natural origin. The study showed that the reconstruction of the park significantly affects the conditions of the park and the diversity of vegetation. The ratio of useful phytoindicative information compared to information noise in the structure of beta-diversity of the park's plantations increases significantly as a result of the park's reconstruction. The reconstruction of the park has led to changes in the spatial organization of the vegetation cover. The results obtained indicate a decrease in soil moisture as a result of the park's reconstruction. The park’s reconstruction leads to a significant change in the light regime of the park’s plantings, which leads to changes in the park’s vegetation and soils. Reducing the density of plantations as a result of their pruning during the reconstruction process also decreases the amount of fallen leaves that form leaf litter. A significant increase in the variability of the moisture regime under the influence of the park reconstruction was found. The phytoindication revealed a decrease in the acidity of the soil solution as a result of the reconstruction. The changes in soil acidity are accompanied by an increase in phytoindication estimates of carbonate content in the soil. The observed increase in carbonate content estimates may be an artifact when representatives of another ecological group also have related ecological properties that can be misinterpreted as indicators of certain regimes. The phytoindication also revealed trends in the variability of microclimatic conditions in the park as a result of reconstruction. The reconstruction of the park leads not only to a change in the modal levels of ecological regimes, but also to the formation of specific patterns of their spatial distribution. The heterogenization of the ecological space under the influence of reconstruction has been established. This heterogenization is evident in the fact that areas with homogeneous vegetation cover are decreasing. The accuracy of the description of the spatial process was found to have decreased after the park reconstruction procedures. Smooth spatial structures of the park’s vegetation cover without reconstruction are changing into rough spatial structures of the park after reconstruction. The park’s reconstruction obviously disrupts the course of long-term processes that structure the vegetation cover, which leads to temporal and spatial desynchronization of the dynamics of ecological processes. The spatial variation of variables that indicate soil processes can best be described. In contrast, the phytoindication scales that indicate climatic factors are much less spatially structured. The best variogram model to describe the spatial process is also changing under the influence of reconstruction. The significant consequences of the park reconstruction are time variability and spatial heterogeneity of ecological processes.

The purpose of the article is an attempt to fill a research gap in the field of issues re-lated to innovation projects and, in particular, to identify the types of risks associated with their implementation in organizations. Current identification and monitoring of the level of occurrence of various types of risk in in-novative projects is a key task for project managers in order to make effective decisions on how to eliminate or reduce them. The empirical verification is based on the methodology of our own research. The study developed and used a questionnaire for owners and managers imple-menting innovative projects. This research, and the results we obtained, make it possible to answer how innovation projects are treated in organizations, what the dynamics of the implementing various types of innovation projects in recent years has been, and the level at which various types of risk in in-novation projects have been assessed and identified. The literature review and research results show that the issue of risk in innovation projects is timely and important for many organizations, even more so for project managers looking for effective methods of identifying and managing it. Identifying the level of risk is crucial for the success of innovation projects because it reduces the negative impact of risk factors on a project's timeliness and budget, as well as its economic and technical-technological effects. The authors emphasize that it will be worth continuing the undertaken research and work towards identifying and evaluating all components of risk management sys-tems. Proper identification of risks in projects, and understanding their nature, is a kind of guar-antee of security for the organization implementing them. For the purpose of carrying out this empirical research, we adopted our own classification system of the types of risk associated with various innovation projects undertaken by organizations. Risk categories should be well-defined, corresponding to typical sources of risks for a type of innovation project in a given industry and the specificity of company's activity. The types of risk most frequently named by respondents across six types of projects were time, personnel and cost. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urbanization causes the highest local extinction rates and often leads to the loss of the vast majority of native species. Plant communities are sensitive to urban expansion and are therefore indicators of human land use. A city park, part of which has undergone reconstruction, was studied. The study found that the changes in ecological conditions caused by the reconstruction of a city park can be detected using phytoindication. The informativeness of phytoindication scales was shown to increase under conditions of anthropogenic load. The phytoindication scales are a reliable source of information for assessing the state of the vegetation cover of park plantations. The ecological regimes were assessed based on descriptions of the vegetation cover using Didukh's phytoindication scales. The phytoindication approach allows one to identify changes in ecological regimes that occur as a result of park reconstruction and to separate them from ecological regimes of natural origin. The study showed that the reconstruction of the park significantly affects the conditions of the park and the diversity of vegetation. The ratio of useful phytoindicative information compared to information noise in the structure of beta-diversity of the park's plantations increases significantly as a result of the park's reconstruction. The reconstruction of the park has led to changes in the spatial organization of the vegetation cover. The results obtained indicate a decrease in soil moisture as a result of the park's reconstruction. The park’s reconstruction leads to a significant change in the light regime of the park’s plantings, which leads to changes in the park’s vegetation and soils. Reducing the density of plantations as a result of their pruning during the reconstruction process also decreases the amount of fallen leaves that form leaf litter. A significant increase in the variability of the moisture regime under the influence of the park reconstruction was found. The phytoindication revealed a decrease in the acidity of the soil solution as a result of the reconstruction. The changes in soil acidity are accompanied by an increase in phytoindication estimates of carbonate content in the soil. The observed increase in carbonate content estimates may be an artifact when representatives of another ecological group also have related ecological properties that can be misinterpreted as indicators of certain regimes. The phytoindication also revealed trends in the variability of microclimatic conditions in the park as a result of reconstruction. The reconstruction of the park leads not only to a change in the modal levels of ecological regimes, but also to the formation of specific patterns of their spatial distribution. The heterogenization of the ecological space under the influence of reconstruction has been established. This heterogenization is evident in the fact that areas with homogeneous vegetation cover are decreasing. The accuracy of the description of the spatial process was found to have decreased after the park reconstruction procedures. Smooth spatial structures of the park’s vegetation cover without reconstruction are changing into rough spatial structures of the park after reconstruction. The park’s reconstruction obviously disrupts the course of long-term processes that structure the vegetation cover, which leads to temporal and spatial desynchronization of the dynamics of ecological processes. The spatial variation of variables that indicate soil processes can best be described. In contrast, the phytoindication scales that indicate climatic factors are much less spatially structured. The best variogram model to describe the spatial process is also changing under the influence of reconstruction. The significant consequences of the park reconstruction are time variability and spatial heterogeneity of ecological processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the work is to consider methods for evaluating innovative projects that influence decision-making. The relevance of this study is due to the fact that for the successful functioning of the enterprise, it is necessary to reorient itself to new competitive types of goods and services, as well as to conquer new markets for products. One of the main sources of competitive advantages and development are innovations that allow the effective implementation of innovative projects, which become the most important resource for the enterprise. Hence the need to use technological advances in the production of goods and services, constantly improving their quality, finding new ways to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. To form approaches to determining the strategy of development and survival, organizations should always keep in mind the key issues of the strategic plan in the field of creating and developing new, unique and competitive products.

Urban parks provide a variety of ecosystem services, and a range of management practices promote their maximisation. The species diversity of plant communities is a factor in the maintenance of ecosystem services. The reconstruction of parks is one of the management practices, but the environmental impact of such activities is not clear. The reconstruction of parks affects vegetation and soil cover, and the interconnection of these components of the urban park ecosystem has not been studied before. The study revealed the features of variability of physical properties of soil and vegetation cover and identified their interconnection in the conditions of urban park reconstruction. The study was conducted in the recreational area of the Botanical Garden of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (Ukraine). The park was studied in the area where reconstruction activities had previously been carried out. During the reconstruction process, walkways were restored, shrubs were removed, old or damaged trees were excavated, and tree crowns were trimmed. Young trees were planted in place of the removed old trees. Old outbuildings that significantly impaired the aesthetic impression of the park were also dismantled. The reconstruction involved transport and construction equipment. Samples were collected within transects, two of which were located in the reconstruction area, and two other transects were located in a similar area of the park where no reconstruction was carried out. The plant community was found to consist of 65 species. The mean level of alpha diversity was 11.5 species and beta diversity was 5.7. The alpha diversity was higher in the reconstructed park. The principal component analysis of the variability of soil properties extracted four principal components with eigenvalues greater than one. The principal components 1 and 3 reflect the variability of soil properties induced by the park's reconstruction, while the principal components 2 and 4 reflect variability that may be caused by other anthropogenic factors unrelated to the park's reconstruction, or may be due to natural variability of the soil cover. The principal component 1 indicates a uniform increase in the soil penetration resistance as a result of the application of technological processes during the reconstruction. This effect may be the result of the direct technological impact of the mechanisms employed and the large number of employees involved in the park's reconstruction. The condition of the crown space of the park plantation can explain the variation in soil penetration resistance. The increase in the height and projective cover of the grass vegetation is due to a decrease in the closure of the stand crowns, but the effect of such coordinated stand and grass dynamics on soil penetration resistance is observed only at a depth of 25–55 cm. This effect can be explained by the influence of the plant root system on the physical state of the soil. The root system of herbaceous plants is capable of loosening the soil and reducing its soil penetration resistance. The reconstruction of the park led to an increase in the hemeroby of the plant community. The criterion for the success of the reconstruction may be an increase in the attractiveness of the park for visitors without the risk of increasing hemeroby. The trend of increasing hemeroby clearly coincides with the direction of transformation of soil conditions, which are indicated by the principal component 1. The increase in the soil penetration resistance is a driver of the growth of vegetation cover hemeroby. The physical environment of the soil cover acts as an important environmental filter that affects the structure of the vegetation cover and the species composition of plant species complexes.

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Professors of Chemical Engineering often find that students are discouraged by the highly technical nature of the subject, have a poor understanding of how the subject relates to their field and lack the basic engineering skills and competences. This purpose of this paper is to report on a teaching innovation experience in the course in Biochemical Engineering, part of the Degree in Biotechnology at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid, Spain). The aim of the innovation project was to motivate students and overcome the difficulties posed by the course. To this end, a series of practical seminars were designed with individual and group learning activities, for the acquisition of engineering competences, developing higher-order thinking skills and transversal competences. The evaluation of the project was based on the learning-teaching experience of professors, the academic performance of students and student surveys at the end of the course. All indicators showed that the new methodology had a positive impact both on the attitudes of students and on learning outcomes. Furthermore, students had a more precise and positive vision of the interrelation between Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in general, favourably influencing their learning in other courses within the degree program. • Innovative learning experience via 4 sequenced connected seminars was developed. • Success in fostering both engineering and higher-order thinking skills in biotechnology students. • Meaningful performance improvement as a consequence of this course novelty. • Enhanced interrelation between Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibilities and limitations of using the real option method when evaluating innovative projects. To achieve this goal, an analysis of the theoretical, analytical, empirical and methodological support for the implementation of innovative projects was made, based on the results of which the main characteristics of the real options method were determined. The main limitations of using the real option method are the necessity to ensure the receipt of reliable initial data, the risk of overstating the cost of a loss-making innovative project, the revision ofplans and the risks of not achieving the company's goals, lack of a support in the company's corporate culture and lack of qualified specialists, and decision support tools for structuring real options in innovative projects. To build the management of innovative projects from the standpoint of the methodology of real options, it is necessary to implement the algorithm for determining real options presented in the article.

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Today, many infrastructure projects aimed at stimulating innovative development of territories are being implemented. Most of these projects are implemented only in partnership with the state and business. The effectiveness of these projects is different, which necessitates the study of the problems of cooperation in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) and increase the efficiency of project management that affect the territorial innovation development. The scientific works of F. Berger, V. Varnavsky, M. Gotre, M. Gerard, E. Zusman, T. Kryshtal, L. Leon, A. Reid, T. Voronkova, E. Savas, P. Savransky, L. Sharinger and other domestic and foreign authors made a significant contribution to solving PPP problems and its use in the innovation sphere. PPP in the innovation sphere is able to improve the mechanisms of interaction between the state and private entrepreneurship throughout the innovation cycle: from research, commercialization of scientific and technical developments and technologies to the production of knowledge-intensive technological products; improving the efficiency of budget financing. The basis for building innovation in Ukraine can be the interaction of the state, science, education and business through the use of PPP. PPP projects are traditionally financed through a combination of financial resources from various sources: private sector funds (including international investors), budgets of all levels, funds of state and joint ventures, credit resources of financial institutions, funds of development institutions. All parties must participate in the distribution of financial benefits from the project, and according to the formula approved before signing the agreement. The general approach in the distribution of profits between the partners is that it should be carried out in accordance with the percentage of investment costs of the parties to the contract under the PPP. The concept of efficiency reflects the relationship between results (management, production, transactions, interactions, etc.) and the costs incurred to achieve them. Interaction conditions associated with project risks that may change over the long-life cycle of projects. PPP has every reason to become one of the strategic directions of development and modernization of infrastructure, industry, energy, innovation, which affects, above all, priority projects aimed at attracting investment from private companies. Forms of financing of institutes of innovative development on the conditions of PPP are defined, possible ways of increase of efficiency of functioning of institutes of innovative development on the conditions of PPP are analyzed. The system of indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of innovative development institutions created on the basis of partnership between the state and business, taking into account the interests of each of the interacting parties, which allows not only to assess the social and economic value of partnership, but also the innovative component of projects.

Given the global drive for more sustainable industrial practices, the goal of this paper is to develop and test an algorithm to diagnose the readiness of industrial enterprises to implement team management in innovation projects. Our model was tested at a large industrial enterprise in the food industry. To study the peculiar features of the perception of a company image by different functional groups of participants (within the framework of the proposed structural model of the image), we used the in-depth interview method. The study involved a total of 60 people making up three groups of company employees (managers, brand sellers, workers). The data were complemented by a documentary analysis. Because of the chosen research approach, the research results may lack generalizability, thus researchers are encouraged to test the proposed propositions further. The results reveal significant discrepancies in the company image formed among different groups of current and potential employees. An analysis showed that the enterprise under study is not ready for the implementation of team management, and additional training is required. The proposed approach will allow us to identify the factors that somewhat (inwardly) impede the implementation of investments at the enterprise and restrain its sustainable innovation and development. The scientific and business significance of the developed correctional and diagnostic model lies in its ability to assess the level of consistency in the perception of the goals and development prospects of the company. As such, the potential participants in project teams are identified, and, through the implementation of corrective measures, we create a basis for the formation of effective teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Product Innovation" is a 7-month product development course, conducted at the Institute of Innovation and Industrial Management with international and interdisciplinary student teams. A close connection and interaction between industry, students and research has been an important part of this project-based learning course. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the worldwide occurring lockdowns, students were not able anymore to interact and conduct their projects in the proven manner. Being in a critical phase of the project, the course concept had to be reorganized and transferred to online conduction by using computer supported collaboration work within a few days. Both observations and surveys were used to compare changes in student´s behaviour and results of the project. This paper will describe 1) the original situation and course concept, 2) show how the course was transformed to online conduction, 3) describe the observations made and 4) analyse how the students experienced the transformation.

Managers play a pivotal role in the innovation process; yet, the mechanisms through which managers enhance or undermine innovation are not well understood. Drawing upon self‐concordance theory, we argue that managers can augment employees' self‐concordance—defined as the congruence of goals and actions with inner values and preferences—through transformational behavior and thereby contribute to innovation. However, transformational behavior is closely coupled to another form of influence, namely, process management, the attempt to directly manage innovation‐related activities. This form of managerial influence reduces employees' self‐concordance and thereby undermines innovation. We test our conceptual model in a sample of 188 innovation projects using a contextualized method that asked employees to assess their self‐concordance and their managers' behavior during each project. Managers evaluated for each project the innovativeness of the outcome. Multilevel path‐analysis provided support for our hypotheses. We discuss future research implications to disentangle innovation‐facilitating and innovation‐undermining facets of managerial influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emotional infection is considered as a social and psychological mechanism of transferring the mental mood of the manager to the virtual project team and stakeholders of the projects. Emotional impact in the face of direct contact and the inclusion of the virtual team members in certain mental states have an impact on the effectiveness of project management. The main objective of emotional infection analysis is educated and creates the organization of new behavior in adverse, deadly, and aggressive external conditions the manager or virtual team. In times of global crisis and depression 2.0, the emotional behavior of the innovation project manager and his infection with the project team is exacerbated by external uncertainty. The stakeholder infection model is based on an understanding of the life cycle of the project manager, which is presented as a curve for personal changes of the manager of innovative communication projects and programs. Emotions are considered in content, reflecting the various aspects and meanings that caused them. To apply the psychophysiological formula for assessing the impact of the emotional state of the virtual team of innovative projects, these influences have been transformed into a competent model for managing these projects.

The relevance of the problem is related to the necessity of improving production systems economical efficiency in constantly changing market conditions and their rivals' behaviour. In the article, it is suggested to use predictions that include diffusion component and production system models constructed on their basis which allows us to synchronize external and internal in relation to the system under consideration processes. To take into account the possible price and quality changes, the model based on markets equilibrium where there is only non-symmetrical information is suggested. The models' formalization received allows us to set a lot-scheduling planning problem that includes internal and external environmental changes. Eventually, solving this problem, we will get both lot-scheduling production plans and warehouse requirements for the products considered taking into account possible market and production systems constraints. The practical significance of the paper is related to the possibility to verify and clarify business planning data in production management tasks which makes it possible to increase the objectivity of decisions by increasing the production processes formalization rate, incorporation the diffusion factor when releasing new products and the possibility to take into consideration various rival behaviour strategies.

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"Product Innovation" is a 7-month product development course, conducted at the Institute of Innovation and Industrial Management with international and interdisciplinary student teams. A close connection and interaction between industry, students and research has been an important part of this project-based learning course. Due to the COVID- 19 pandemic and the worldwide occurring lockdowns, students were not able anymore to interact and conduct their projects in the proven manner. Being in a critical phase of the project, the course concept had to be reorganized and transferred to online conduction by using computer supported collaboration work within a few days. Both observations and surveys were used to compare changes in student´s behaviour and results of the project. This paper will describe 1) the original situation and course concept, 2) show how the course was transformed to online conduction, 3) describe the observations made and 4) analyse how the students experienced the transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main components of the state regulation of innovation processes in the sectors of domestic industry are revealed. The factors of improvement of state regulation of innovative activity of enterprises are revealed. The main directions of innovation, scientific and technical policy are determined.

The article describes the main functions of socially oriented innovation in connection with technical innovations – drivers of the third industrial revolution. Analysis of domestic and foreign innovative publications helped to formulate the basic principles of innovation in the social sphere. Directions of long-term stimulation of innovation activity in conditions of digital transformation have been developed. They are based on basic principles. It is also shown that the socio-economic development of the country should be based on qualitative population growth. Otherwise, the strategic importance of socio-economic policy is nulled and futuristic uncertainty comes. It is proposed to stimulate innovation in social sectors by increasing the innovative mentality of future generations of Belarusian people, improving the exchange of data in the system of information support of science, and by increasing the number of available sources of financing for innovations.

Under the current conditions of globalization of economic development, the presence of a state in the global economic landscape is manifested in the following main forms: international trade; embedding a national economy into the global value chains; participation in integration economic associations; and the formation of a unified (coordinated) policy in branches and fields of activity of the integration association. The present study is aimed at assessing situations of Russia’s participation in global value chains, and at reviewing the implementation of innovation projects in the spheres of customs and logistics. The latter is a key factor for integrating the country into global chains. The main directions are formulated of state support and promotion of enterprises in value chains they create (improvement of infrastructure, improvement of customs policy, development and implementation of innovation projects in the field of customs and logistics). The main problems are identified for Russia’s customs and logistics, including the imperfection of IT-technologies created for customs authorities and logistics companies. A model is proposed of an automatic software complex for the risk management system, which makes it possible to simulate the ways of solving these problems through the usage of Internet data.

The article is aimed at highlighting the need for a deep understanding of terminology in the sphere of realization and implementation of innovations for successful financial risks management and entry into financial markets, also to ensure sustainable innovation development of the national economy. On the basis of analysis of scientific literature different approaches to definition of the term of «innovation project» are systematized and the conclusion is made about existence of real problem of incompleteness and narrowing of the basic concepts in the sphere of innovations. Based on the existing uncertainty in the implementation of innovation as well as the characteristics of the final product, the most complete and comprehensive definition of innovation project is suggested, the author also presents the key difference between an innovation project and a conventional, traditional project for further quality management of investment and financial risks of projects with such an inherent feature as significant spread of future results.

The article investigates tasks and approaches related to the management of innovation projects, the current state of production and project management in production environment. The article gives a review of main approaches for the management of project implementation in production systems. It suggests the task of management and selection of project development paths on all the stages of project implementation. The article surveys possibilities and drawbacks of existing theories and approaches regarding planning and management tasks in project implementation. It examines general characteristics of building project management models in production-and-economic systems and their practical application. The main goal of the article is to determine gaps in the development of methods and approaches related to the management of project implementation paths as a study object based on the information about projects and their implementation environment, i.e. systems. The practical significance consists in the possibility to increase the amount of successfully implemented projects, to reduce the time period of project development stages, and to cut expenses for the implementation of project stages.

The main provisions of the conceptualization of the introduction of social innovations in education and science, which constitute the internal content and is one of the main essential forms of economic development of modern society, are substantiated. It has been studied that the leading countries in terms of the number of the most innovative companies in the world are industrialized countries, high-income countries, as the United Kingdom (not a member of the EU since 2020), Ireland, Cyprus. However, Bulgaria, Italy, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic remain the least educated countries in recent years. There is a need for in-depth reforms of the education system and focusing on additional research missions. and business activities. It has been proven that one of the most important and widespread elements of the architecture of innovation infrastructure in the world, which is a supply component, is higher education institutions (HEIs), and the largest number of leading universities is in the United States and the United States. Kingdom. The role of social initiatives in increasing the competitiveness of Ukrainian higher education institutions is highlighted. budget funds in the future. The normative basis for such implementation may be the EU Public Procurement Directive. Based on a study of foreign experience in innovation, it was found that to stimulate innovation of domestic enterprises is important to improve the legislation governing issues related to innovation; improvement of innovation structure: creation of innovation centers, consulting centers, innovation banks; development of development programs and active state support of innovatively active enterprises and financial stimulation of competitiveness of Ukrainian universities and increase of motivational incentives for teachers of educational institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Motor-roads construction along with road infrastructure development is catalyst for economic development of the country, and thus – it may serve for Ukraine as the means to get out from the lingering crisis. Undeveloped status of road infrastructure causes a number of problems, which present not just economic, but also social character. Therefore, these problems need to be investigated in details and resolved immediately. In course of investigation there was selected a list of main problems of road industry development: the breach of weight norms for cargo transportation; under-financing of the road industry; risks related to fulfillment of program on construction and reconstruction of road infrastructure; need for innovational transformations in the field of transport; problems of ecology for vehicle and motor-ways. For each of the problems there were proposed ways of solution and the stage of problem-solution was considered. There was investigated the economic benefit of investment projects into the road industry. It was determined that development of road network and improvement of their traffic-operation status present the necessary pre-condition of the further social-economic development of region, the State and society.

Project management development in various industries and spheres of activity has caused a variety of forms and functions of project management offices. This has caused the need to develop an approach to the configuration of the office of a company. The research object – an innovative industrial company – predetermined the need to form a project management office as a center of management consulting. The study was carried out on the basis of the case-study methodology, which combined the documents analysis, assessment of the project management maturity and survey methods.It proposes and approves the approach to designing the project office configuration based on the assessment of the level of organizational and technological project management maturity. The in-depth study of the industrial innovation company made it possible to disclose the main components and connections in the system «innovation – project management (project office) – consulting». As a result, the set of functions of the project management office is determined, and in particular, the content of the consultancy function in the process of the current activity within the innovative industrial company (process consulting).

For optimal control for the processes of innovation projects management, a theoretical and practical base based on study and improving of existing theories and practices is necessary. The goal of the paper is study of approaches in the field of innovation projects management. The paper considers the interpretation of “innovation project” term, stages and principles of innovation projects management, methods of estimation of risks and effectiveness of innovation projects, its positive and negative sides. In addition, the research considers the main key moments of innovative development of Kazakhstan, the attention is paid to approved innovation projects. The conclusion describes the existing positive moments and weak sides of innovation policy in Kazakhstan. The following work methods were used: scientific analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analysis of statistical data, and graphical analysis. The results of the work can be used to determine the tasks of the innovation policy of the State to prepare and manage the innovation projects.