FOUNDATION COURSES

 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE (PMF)

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UNIT I  :BASICS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

Nature- Need for Project Management-types of projects-Project Management Knowledge Areas and Processes- project skills-The role of Project Manager -Project Management Processes- Impact of Delays in Project Completions- Essentials of Project Management Philosophy-Project Management Principles.

UNIT-II: PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDIES:

Opportunity studies-General opportunity studies-specific opportunity studies-pre-feasibility studies-functional studies or support studies-feasibility study – components of project feasibility studies – Managing Project resources flow– Project Life Cycle – Project constraints.

 

Unit III: IDENTIFICATION AND FORMATION      

Project environment – Identification of investment opportunities – Projects screening – Project selection – Project formulation – Stages in project formulation – Project report preparation.

 

 Unit IV:PURCHASING, CONTRACTING, NETWORK MODELS

Introduction-Purchase Cycle-Contract Management-Procurement Process-Development of Project Network-Time Estimation, Determination of the Critical Path-PERT Model-Measures of variability-CPM Model-Network Cost System.

 

Unit V:  PROJECT EVALUATION UNDER CERTAINTY

Objectives, essentials of a project methodology – Market appraisal – Technical appraisal – Financial appraisal –capital budgeting-Capital budgeting process- Techniques of project Appraisal and their   applications- NPV-IRR-Pay Back period-Make or buy decisions-Lease or buy decisions-socio-economic appraisal-Management appraisal.