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