Project Appraisal and Impact Evaluation

PURPOSE

The goal of this course is to give participants the tools they need to evaluate and assess projects. To guarantee that the profit margins are sustainable, it depends on the existing tools and approaches for controlling project risks and uncertainties. The course’s main goal is to equip participants with the knowledge and abilities necessary to comprehend the importance of impact assessment in developing nations and how to construct and use impact evaluation.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, Participants will be able to;

Perform technical, economic, financial, and risk analysis to identify initiatives that will help the state and the organization achieve their goals.

Utilize Payback, NPV, and IPR to conduct financial analysis.

Determine and evaluate hazards.

Manage and assess risks with the most recent technologies and approaches.

To manage uncertainty, employ decision trees, programming approaches, Network and Path analysis, manpower planning, contingency planning, and Gannt charts.

Identify a project’s viability

 

Duration: 10 Days

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is intended for professionals working in project management in non-governmental organizations, national statistics offices, research organizations, governmental ministries, planning ministries, and financial institutions, among others.

COURSE OUTLINE

TOPIC 1: Evaluation and analysis of projects

Investment criteria and the procedure for planning investments

Identifying logistical, technical, and environmental hazards

Risk analysis in the economy

Risk analysis of the market

Choosing projects that will help an organization achieve its goals

 

TOPIC 2:Analyzing finances

Estimation of income, cash flow, and periods

Risks related to predicted financial flows are identified

Finance cost calculations using WACC, CAPM, and arbitrage Pricing

Payback, APR, NPV, and IRR are examples of capital investment appraisal techniques.

Utilizing spreadsheet expertise for financial analysis

 

TOPIC 3:Project Evaluation and Risk

Gauging risk and uncertainty

Project constraints balance scope, time, quality, and cost

Evaluation of risks and uncertainty

Preparing for and reporting on risks

 

TOPIC 4: Management of Risk

Process of risk management over the course of the project’s lifecycles

Function and accountability of the project manager

Risk analysis that is both qualitative and quantitative

Management of financial risk and derivatives

Analysis using the Monte Carlo Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis

 

TOPIC 5: Managing ambiguity

Managing uncertainties by using a decision tree

Programming methods, resource smoothing and leveling, and personnel planning

Project backup preparation

Examining earned value

 

TOPIC 6: Cost-benefit evaluation

Benefit-cost analysis

Actual costs

Measuring intangible benefits

Ecological concerns

The decision-making process for appraisal includes intangible advantages.

Creation of Suitable Models

 

TOPIC 7: Creating models

Modeling of investment opportunities

Sensitivity research

 

TOPIC 8: Process Development for Appraisals

Using the evaluation process to control risks, negotiate, and manage projects

Creation of a proprietary method to eliminate hazards

 

TOPIC 9: Impact Assessment

Introduction

Impact evaluation’s hypothetical function

The right moment to conduct an effect analysis

 

TOPIC 10: Evaluation Planning

Construction of a program theory

Selection of an evaluation strategy

Designing baseline surveys

Options for impact evaluation utilizing secondary data without a baseline

The purpose of qualitative data

Triangulation

Specific impact assessment

 

TOPIC 11: Managing and putting impact evaluation into practice

Term references

Data sources

Time and expense