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Feasibility Studies: Preparation, Analysis and Evaluation

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Why Attend?

The overall aim of this course is to provide participants with competencies required to prepare, analyze and evaluate feasibility studies. The course involves building a feasibility study financial model using hands-on training on Microsoft Excel. The course also aims at enabling participants to appraise service and industrial investments using different capital budgeting techniques as well as analyzing the related financial parameters.

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Project sponsors, senior management, functional managers, project managers and individuals involved in preparing, writing and analyzing feasibility studies. This course is worth 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs).

  • Introduction and definitions
    • Definitions of 'feasibility study'
    • Objectives of a feasibility study
    • Feasibility study versus business plan
    • Feasibility study cycle
    • Preparation steps for a feasibility study
  • Feasibility study elements
    • Report elements of the feasibility study
    • Executive summary
    • Outline of the feasibility study
    • Marketing feasibility
      • Market research and analysis
      • Market research data types
      • Sales projections analysis
    • Technical feasibility
      • Critical technical questions
      • Supply feasibility
      • Operational feasibility
    • Financial feasibility
      • Project costs
      • Indirect costs
      • Ongoing costs
  • Feasibility study financial model using Microsoft Excel
    • Building the financial model of the feasibility study
    • Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
    • Cost of equity using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
    • Unlevered Free Cash Flow (UFCF)
    • Terminal value of the project
    • Preparing sensitivity tables
    • Creating different scenario analyses
  • Appraisal and analysis of the feasibility study
    • Financial analysis parameters
      • Liquidity ratios
      • Operating ratios
      • Financial leverage ratios
      • Security ratios
      • Profitability ratios
    • Investment appraisal analyses
      • Quantity and sales Breakeven Points (BEP)
      • Payback Period (PP)
      • Net Present Value (NPV)
      • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
      • Profitability Index (PI)
  • Evaluation and implementation of the feasibility study
    • Internal recommendations and conclusions
    • Evaluating feasibility studies
    • Common mistakes in using the feasibility study results
    • Implementing the proposals

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