In the modern economy, the implementation of innovative software projects for planning and managing the productive
activities is an important factor in ensuring the stable development of enterprises. In this paper, we suggest treating
the economic essence of such software projects as soft goods used in the productive activities of enterprises and
analyze the modern models for expert assessment of their quality. The main tasks of the present study are: to perform
a comparative analysis of existing models; to determine the scope of quality indicators and their main characteristics;
and to provide a rationale for choosing a mathematical apparatus to obtain the target values of integral indicator for
the expert quality assessment of innovative software projects. The basic methodology of the study is the systemoriented
analysis; we have also used the theory of expert estimates and the theory of probability in terms of estimating
the random variables, analysis of hierarchies, as well as the methodology of fuzzy sets. In addition, the combinatorial
coefficients, binomial and normal distribution tools, and Bernoulli mathematical testing apparatus were used to obtain
the results.
The paper contributes to the literature by suggesting the composition of indicators for the assessment of the quality
the innovative software projects. A developed hierarchical network of indicators makes it possible to determine the
target values of integrated quality indicator for the innovative software projects. For practical applications of this
methodology for the formation of a hierarchical network of indicators’ properties, it is advisable to use different models
simultaneously and create an individual expert system of indicators, their properties, characteristics and subcharacteristics
applicable to each specific innovative software project