Project Management – Financial Methods of Project Assessment

Learn to develop a portfolio of projects are strategically aligned with the business’s mission and vision.

Created by: Jamal Moustafaev, BBA, MBA, PMP
Expert project/portfolio manager, author, and speaker.

What Will I Learn?

• Introduction to Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
• Financial Method: Payback
• Financial Method: Discounted Payback
• Financial Method: Net Present Value (NPV)
• Financial Method: Profitability Index
• Financial Method: Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
• Financial Method: Bang for Buck
• Financial Method: Expected Commercial Value
• Pros and Cons of Financial Methods

Requirements

• Knowledge of Project Management

Target audience

• You need to understand how to assess projects from a financial point of view
• You plan to participate in or lead a financial assessment of a project exercise
• You want to learn about the various methodologies available to analyze project value
• Project and program managers who run projects and have to report performance metrics to executives and stakeholders
• C-level executives who have to be able to understand EVM reports
• Functional department directors and managers also need to read status reports
• “Technical resources” whose work is crucial to the project success
• Professionals who are not certified project managers but manage projects anyways