This course is divided into 5 parts
- Part one introduces an overview of investment project appraisal, thereby helping students understand the important concepts related to the analysis and making of project investment decisions, understand the appraisal stages and analytical framework for a specific investment project.
- Part two equips knowledge related to investment project cashflow analysis to estimate net cash flow and calculate project quantitative evaluation criteria as well as the implications of the indicators in making investment decision. This section also equips students with skills in building financial models and converting from financial analysis to project economic analysis through Excel spreadsheet processing.
- The third part focuses on the different funding sources that can be mobilized for the project and determines the appropriate discount rate to discount a project's cash flow from different cash flow perspectives.
- Section four describes how to analyze the impact of inflation on investment project cash flows.
- Part Five introduces investment project risk analysis techniques and equips students with risk analysis methods using excel software and Crystal Ball software in evaluating the effectiveness of investment projects.
The relationship between the subject's output standards and other subjects:
- Students can use their knowledge of this subject in project management in terms of project initiation and selection.
- Knowledge of this subject can also be used to perform topics for required internships