Course : Economic and financial analysis of a project

Synthesis course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. AEF
Price : 2020 € E.T.

Economic and financial analysis of a project




Cost control for IT projects requires an appropriate budget management process. After all, a project is an investment, and its components are complex. This course provides participants with a summary of the knowledge acquired in this field.


INTER
IN-HOUSE
CUSTOM

Synthesis course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. AEF
  2d - 14h00
2020 € E.T.




Cost control for IT projects requires an appropriate budget management process. After all, a project is an investment, and its components are complex. This course provides participants with a summary of the knowledge acquired in this field.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Know how to measure project value, TCO, ROI and other metrics
Discover best practices for drawing up a project budget and financing plan
Break down the project into different costs, from internal and external costs to risk provisions
Use proven techniques to produce and refine cost estimates
Set up a reporting system to monitor consumption against budget and effective alert thresholds

Intended audience
This course is aimed at project managers, IT controllers, project directors and consultants.

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of IT project and budget management.

Course schedule

1
Promoting project results

  • Add value to project results: ROI, total cost of ownership (TCO), other available measures.
  • Decisions on the project's financial objectives.

2
Economic analysis of projects

  • Project financing plan: from project budget to organization budget. The expenditure commitment period.
  • Build up a history of project costs within an organization.
  • Existing data, typical project cost structure, link with portfolio management and accounting tools, etc.
  • Different forms of budget: accounting breakdown, by type of expense, according to a specific nomenclature.

3
Project cost components

  • Predictable costs: technical, management and support processes.
  • The breakdown between internal costs and external purchases.
  • Development costs: specifications, platforms, external.
  • Technical expertise, management, accounting, legal aspects... How do you take them into account?
  • Financial management of uncertainties: estimating risks, calculating provisions, estimating imprecision.

4
Budget estimate

  • Techniques: analytical estimation, Bottom-Up/Top-Down, WBS. Parametric estimation.
  • Estimate management: critical analysis of results, formalization for reuse.
  • Specific approaches. Cost and need for accurate estimates. Cost of internal resources.
  • Estimate the actual cost of fixed-price service providers (support, management and invoicing).
  • Company model. Taking into account fixed assets and multi-year budget trends.

5
Budget monitoring

  • Budget monitoring procedures, roles, tools. Monitoring resources.
  • Warning thresholds and associated decision-making mechanisms. Correspondence between accounting codes and budget codes.
  • Standardized EVM reporting. Budget revisions during projects.
  • Calculation of remaining work to be done. Projection of monitoring findings on project budget "to end".
  • Take account of changes and structural forecast deviations. Budget recalibration, priority management.


Customer reviews
5 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
WILLIAM F.
08/10/26
4 / 5

The platform could do with a more visually appealing and modern update
SELENA R.
08/10/26
5 / 5

I am very pleased with the course content. It is incredibly rich, incredibly interesting and very useful. Rachid is an excellent trainer and I find his patience and commitment exemplary. We asked lots of questions and Rachid helped us adapt his model to suit our respective businesses. As the group was very small (six people), we were able to communicate well and learnt a great deal.
ANNA D.
08/10/26
3 / 5

Personally, I’m afraid the course didn’t really offer me much in the way of added value. I already had a basic understanding of project management and had expected this course to be much more technical and finance-focused. In my view, the course would have been suitable for someone with no prior knowledge who is new to the subject. For me, I would have needed a commercial project manager to explain how to manage projects.



Publication date : 04/25/2024



This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.


This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.