INTRODUCTION

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 evaluation in developing nations and to carry out impact evaluation projects.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Technical, economic, financial, and risk analysis are used to choose projects that will achieve the goals of the state and the organization.
• Financial analysis is done using Payback, NPV, and IPR.
• Risks are identified and measured.
• Manage and analyze risks using the most up-to-date tools and methods.
• Manage uncertainties using choices trees, programming approaches, Network and Path analysis, manpower planning, contingency planning, and Gannt charts.
• Determine whether a project is feasible.

DURATION

10 Days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

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

COURSE OUTLINE

Project Appraisal and Analysis

• Criteria of investment and the planning process of investments
• Identification of Technical, logistic, and environmental risks
• Analysis of economic risk
• Analysis of market risk
• Selection of projects meeting objectives of an organizations

Financial Analysis

• Income, Cash-flow, and durations estimation
• Identification of projected cash-flow risks
• Calculation of finance costs- WACC, CAPM, and Arbitrage Pricing
• Techniques of capital investments appraisal – Payback, APR, NPV, IRR
• Using spreadsheets skills for financial appraisal

Project Risk and Appraisal

• Risk and uncertainty measuring
• Constraints of a project
• Balancing scope, time, quality and cost
• Risks and uncertainty evaluation
• Planning risk response and reporting

Risk Management

• Process of risk management throughout the lifecycles of the project
• Role and responsibilities of the project manager
• Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
• Financial risk management and derivatives
• Sensitivity analysis and the Monte Carlo Simulation analysis

Managing Uncertainties

• Using the decision tree to manage uncertainties
• Programming techniques
• manpower planning and resource smoothing and leveling
• Project contingency planning
• Earned Value Analysis

Cost Benefit Analysis

• Cost benefit analysis
• Genuine costs
• Intangible benefits measurements
• Environmental issues
• Intangible benefits in the appraisal decision making process

Development of Appropriate Models

• Developing models
• Investment opportunities modeling
• Sensitivity analysis

Appraisal Process Development

• The process
• Utilization of the appraisal process in managing risks, negotiations, and project management
• Development of own process to takeout risks

Impact Evaluation

• Introduction
• Counterfactual
• Role of impact evaluation
• Appropriate time to carryout impact evaluation

Evaluation Design

• Establishment of a program theory
• Evaluation approach selection
• Baseline survey designing
• Options lacking a baseline
• using secondary data in impact evaluation
• Function of qualitative information
• Triangulation
• Specific impact evaluation

Managing and Implementing impact Evaluation

• Reference terms
• Sources of data
• Time and cost

GENERAL NOTES

• Our seasoned instructors, who have years of experience as seasoned professionals in their respective fields of work, will be teaching this course. A combination of practical exercises, theory, group projects, and case studies are used to teach the course.
• The participants receive training manuals and supplementary reading materials.
• Participants who complete this course successfully will receive a certificate.
• We can also create a course specifically for your organization to match your needs. To learn more, get in touch with us at training@dealsontrainers.org.
• The training will take place at DEALSON TRAINERS IN NAIROBI, KENYA in Nairobi, Kenya.
• The training fee includes lunch, course materials, and lodging for the training session. Upon request, we may arrange for our participants' lodging and transportation to the airport.
• Payment must be made to our bank account before the training begins, and documentation of payment should be emailed to training@dealsontrainers.org