FORMATION IN FUTURE MANAGERS OF THE ABILITY TO MANAGE INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN MODERN CONDITIONS

Management of innovative activity is a complex, multifunctional process that includes a diverse set of actions, including: setting strategic and tactical goals, analyzing the external environment taking into account uncertainty and risk, analyzing the infrastructure and capabilities of the educational institution, diagnosing the real situation, forecasting the future state institutions, search for sources of creative ideas and their financing, formation of an innovative portfolio, strategic and operational planning, management of scientific and methodical developments, improvement of organizational structures, analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of innovations, development of strategy and tactics of innovative marketing, diversification and risk management, etc. 
The article, based on theoretical research, provides an overview of the concept of innovative project management within various approaches to defining the concept. The main functions are systematized and the interests of the participants in the management of innovative projects are defined. The need to take into account the peculiarities of the management of an innovative project depending on its life cycle is substantiated.