Estimate the time it will take for the project to recoup the initial investment.
Complex projects require significant investments. It is essential for the project manager to be able to appreciate the risks, to anticipate the long-term costs, to calculate the amortization period and the return on investment, before committing himself. This Excel-based training course focuses on these points and the formulas that allow for proper calculations.
Is it for you ?
Project managers (PM3), advisors, department heads, directors, engineers, accountants and finance specialists.
Prerequisites
Experience in management and finance.
What You'll Walk Away With
- ✓ Apply key evaluation criteria (NPV, IRR, PI, PB, DPB, ARR) to select investment projects
- ✓ Build financial models in Excel to analyze profitability and cash flows
- ✓ Estimate project risk and determine required rates of return
- ✓ Incorporate inflation and Canadian taxation into investment decisions
- ✓ Use real options and probabilistic methods to refine project evaluation
Training content
- The risk-reward relationship
- Review of financial mathematics
- Investment selection criteria (advantages and disadvantages of each criterion)
- Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
- Payback Period (PBP)
- Discounted Payback Period (DPP)
- Profitability Index (PI)
- Net Asset Value (NAV)
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Real options
- The influence of Canadian fiscal policies on investment choices
- Investment decisions and inflation
- Estimating project risk
- Estimating the return for the company's shares and for the project
- Separating the decision to invest from the evaluation exercise in the context of risk (the probability method).
📌 Practical information
Our training sessions are offered in Montreal or Quebec City, in person or in a virtual classroom. Dates and locations are specified when you select your session below. If you have any questions, check out our FAQ.
