On the basis of the law of lowering entropy in closed systems and in terms of the classical control theory, an approach to modeling the development of an economic system that is in the conditions of mastering innovative production and management technologies is proposed. The rules of transition to a new progressive level of management are formulated.

Goal: Classification of information technologies to support decision-making in the engineering and control systems. Method: systematic analysis of the types and methods of transformation of the information, including registration, storage, processing and presentation of information. Result and conclusions: It was shown that a variety of technologies are used for the engineering and control from human-computer interaction and information processing technologies and research to special technology and automated tools to implement them. Emphasis is placed on system-targeted approach and automated interactive procedure for its implementation, developed by the authors of the article.

The aim of the paper is to describe and substantiate the approach to the implementation of pilot IT projects. The discussed approach helps to enhance the quality of projects implementation via quality improvement of IT solutions testing and, as a consequence, helps to increase the level of digitalization of project activities. The result of analysis of pilot projects realization was described, and characteristics of such projects are carried out. The paper gives the description of the approach to planning and management of pilot projects. The management process and the results of the pilot project of testing the IT system (software package) for predicting failures of storage systems are described. The evaluation was carried out and recommendations were formed for decision-making on the implementation of the tested IT solution. The principles of pilot projects and recommendations for improving the adopted standard of management of IT projects are formulated.

Presentation of the models for comparative analysis of innovation, based on the use of information approach by A.A. Denisov. The models allow assessing the importance of innovations with regard to their impact on the purpose and likelihood of their implementation, by analyzing the development of innovations in time and taking into account their mutual influence.

The problems of maintaining the stability of socioeconomic systems in the implementation of innovations are considered. In analyzing this problem, it is proposed to take into account the laws of the theory of systems.

The project is dedicated to the development of experimental samples of hardware-software complexes for seamless positioning of objects inside and outside the buildings to ensure the implementation of the principle “always and everywhere”. The work substantiates the need for developing a project dedicated to the creation of a hardware-software geo-information system for positioning objects. To achieve this goal, the analysis of shortcomings of existing technologies for object positioning is carried out. This analysis allowed identifying the main tasks that need to be addressed. A review of existing approaches to the development of geographic information positioning systems was held. The advantages of the developed geoinformation complex for object positioning are described. The main results and the effect of the project are characterized.