Project Appraisal and Analysis

Paper Code: 
DBBA 503D
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Understand the need for project framework and planning.
  2. Learn the implementation of project management.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

DBBA503D

Project Appraisal and Analysis

CO 262: Understand the need for project framework and planning                                           

CO 263: Acquaint with different proposals for the breakdown of "project cycle"

CO 264: Analyze the project goals, constraints, deliverables, performance criteria, control needs, and resource requirements in consultation with stakeholders.

CO 265: Understand different investment criteria and their advantages and disadvantages.

CO 266: Analyze the learning and understand techniques for Project planning, scheduling and Execution Control.

CO 267: Understand the conceptual clarity about project organization and Sensitivity analyses.

 

Approach in teaching:

 

Interactive Hours using whiteboards, Questioning & Discussion, Reading assignments, Frequent or unannounced quizzes.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions,  presentation, Solving problems of unsolved questions

 

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz,  Assignments, Class interaction

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Project Management System:

Project Management System: An introduction, Methodologies of Project Management, Phases of Project cycle: Project conception, Identification of project idea, Project feasibility analysis.
Project Appraisal: Definition, Scope and Steps in project appraisal.

12.00
Unit II: 
Market Analysis:

Market Analysis: Concept, Steps of Market analysis: Specification of objectives, Collection of market information, Characterization of the market, Demand forecasting: Jury method, Delphi method, collective opinion method, Market research method, semi- average method, moving average, least square method.

12.00
Unit III: 
Evaluation of project proposal:

Evaluation of project proposal: Concept, techniques of evaluation of project proposal- DCF and NDCF techniques
Risk analysis: Concept, kinds of project risk, Risk evaluation techniques: Risk adjusted discount rate, Certainty equivalent, Probability approach, measures of dispersion- standard deviation, co-efficient of variation

12.00
Unit IV: 
Sensitivity Analysis:

Sensitivity Analysis: Concept, objectives, procedure, methods of Sensitivity Analysis – Percentage change approach, accounting break -even approach, NPV break- even approach.
Project planning: Concept, objectives, content of project plan, steps in developing a project plan, Project master plan , Project scheduling- kinds & benefits.

12.00
Unit V: 
Cost Estimating:

Cost Estimating: concept, significance, cost estimation process. Project Budgeting: concept and elements of budgeting, Techniques of evaluation of project, Final project report.

Essential Readings: 

1 Machiraju, H.R.: Introduction to Project Finance, Vikas Publishing House
2. Prasanna Chandra: Project Preparation Appraisal Budgeting and Implementation, Tata McGraw.
3. M.R. Agarwal, Project Management, Garima Publications

Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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