Project ROI and Related Financial Metrics

Successful project selection and project management require require accurate and timely financial metrics

Created by: Edmund Fitzpatrick
Project Manager, Senior Executive, and University Professor

What Will I Learn?

• Gain financial metrics knowledge and skills needed by but lacking on many project teams, presenting career opportunities
• Learn key financial metrics used by leading organizations to evaluate proposed projects, on-going projects, and in-place systems
• Ability to determine which is most financially advantageous, to revise or replace an underperforming system
• Ability to determine the financial value (ROI, etc.) of a proposed project, on-going project, or in-place system
• Ability to risk-adjust the financial metrics of proposed projects, on-going projects, and in-place systems
• Ability to identify the most financially advantageous proposed projects and those that should be screened out
• Ability to detect when a project or system starts to miss its financial objectives, enabling it to be corrected in a timely manner
• Ability to quantify in dollars the effects of a project intangible for inclusion in financial metrics
• Make financial projections of the financial performance of a proposed project, on-going project, or in-place system
• Learn the criteria for effective financial metrics oral and written communication
• Ability to identify issues in the use of financial metrics and their possible solutions

Requirements

• No background in finance or statistics is required; the course provides the information needed.

Target audience

• Individuals who want or need the professional knowledge and skills required for evaluating proposed projects, on-going projects, and in-place systems, including executives, project sponsors, project managers, project team members, project consultants, and stakeholders concerned with project performance.