Project Appraisal

Code:

EIG0035

Acronym:

API

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics and Management

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Engineering and Industrial Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEGI	82	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

This course unit aims to provide students with knowledge of basic methodologies for the analysis of the financial and economic feasibility of investment projects.

Learning outcomes and competences

After the completion of the course unit, students should be able to make and justify  real investments decisions   and to design  and analyze a business plan .

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Basic concepts of Accounting,  Fnancial  mathematics and Financial Management

Program

I – Introduction 1- An overview on project evaluation; description of project evaluation; concept of real investment; the importance of evaluation; basic evaluation methodology; project typology; life cycle and project stages . 2- Business plan: description; Basic components of a business plan; Structure. II- Project elaboration and evaluation 2- Feasibility studies; project background: analysis; resource and technical feasibility analysis; market analysis; economic and financial analysis; legal procedures; organizational and human analysis; political, social and environmental analysis. 3- The documents of an economic and financial study; investment plans; operational plan; financing plan. 4- Business plan: description; Basic components of a business plan; Structure. III- Economic and financial evaluation of a project 5- Cash flow (CF) analysis; concept of projects’ cash flow; basic principles of measuring and estimating cash flow; cash flow investment analysis; project side vs. entrepreneur side; cash flow estimation in a situation of inflation. 6- Decision criteria: decision criteria no update: recovery, return rate, net present value (NPV). Decision criteria update: internal rate of return (IRR), profitability index, annuity criteria, and macroeconomic indicators. 7- Project cost of capital; cost of capital; weighted average cost of capital for company: why and how to use it; the interaction of investment and financing decisions; estimate the cost of financing sources 8- Selection of mutually exclusive projects; directly comparable projects; incomplete alternatives III- Risk and investment decisions 9- Risk and uncertainty evaluation; basic concepts of risk, risk and uncertainty components; empirical methods in risk management; decision theory; simulation methods- sensitivity analysis, alternative scenarios, breakeven point analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; decision trees; capital asset pricing model (CAPM) – risk management.

Mandatory literature

Maria Dulce Soares Lopes; Análise de Projetos de Investimento, UP Edições, 2019. ISBN: 978-989-746-174-3
Alan C, Shapiro; Capital Budgeting and Investment Analysis, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN: 0-13-066090-6

Complementary Bibliography

Brealey, Richard A.; Princípios de finanças empresariais, N. ISBN: 972-9241-14-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

The theoretical part of this course is supported by theoretical type lectures. Theoretical lectures are complemented with case analysis and practical classes, to which experience in the analysis of investments from the team work will be made part.

keywords

Social sciences > Economics > Management studies > Financial management
Social sciences > Economics > Management studies > Financial management

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	53,00
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

General assessment rules are applied

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessement comprises: 1- A final exam and the elaboration and discussion of a team work, with the following grading: Assignment 60%; Final exam 40%, with a minimum mark of 1.0(out of 8); 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Group Assignment- Business Plan - Groups of 6/8 students to be defined at the beginning of the semester - 2 reports have to be written (one at the middle of the semester and another at the end) - Oral presentation: each group has to give an oral presentation and analyse other group work.  

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final exam (100 of the final grade)on specific dates for these students. 
The exam will have a theoretical component with a weighting of 40%( minimum mark of 1.0) and a practical component with a weighting of 60%.

Classification improvement

Final Exam covering all syllabus (100%) . 

Group work is part of ongoing assessment.  It will not be considered for grade improvement (corresponding to the overall examination only)

The exam will have a theoretical component with a weighting of 40%( minimum mark of 1.0) and a practical component with a weighting of 60%.

 

Observations

1 Exams are  without consultation (but  it will be provided   an annex with (i) the structure of  the  cash flows map (operating cash flows) and (ii) the  formula for calculating the annuity  of a loan).