To the question of assessing the economic efficiency of digital investment projects

An important factor of the competitiveness of modern industrial enterprises lies in the application of digital technologies. Their introduction requires significant financial investments and is associated with high risks. In this regard, the analysis of digital investment projects gains particular relevance. The article is devoted to identifying the specifics of such projects from the point of view of a methodological approach to assessing their economic efficiency. Based on the classification formed according to the physical content, the specifics of each type of digital projects have been determined and approaches to assessing their economic efficiency have been proposed. The approbation on the example of the most complex type of digital projects, software introduction projects, has been conducted. The corresponding calculations for four Russian industrial enterprises, such as RubEx Group, JSC “UEC-Aviadvigatel”, Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd, before and after introducing the Dispatcher monitoring system into their production activities have been done, the results of which allowing to consider the proposed approach to be adequate.