Project Analysis

Objectives

The main objective of this course is to provide students with essential knowledge for evaluating engineering projects. The successful conclusion of this course should allow students to:

  • apply fundamental concepts of a financial nature to project evaluation;
  • develop models for the computation of a project’s cash flows;
  • understand project financing structures;
  • apply capital cost calculation models;
  • apply methodologies for the inclusion of financial and non-financial risk in the project evaluation;
  • develop group work and communication skills in the academic and business context.

Program

  • Basic concepts for project evaluation
  • The financing of the project
  • Project evaluation methods
  • Comparison and selection of investment projects
  • Project cash flow computation
  • The choice of discount rate (cost of capital)
  • The effect of the inflation rate
  • Decisions in a context of risk and uncertainty

Bibliography

Cebola, A. (2017) “Projectos de Investimento de Pequenas e Médias Empresas - Elaboração e Análise”. 2ª Ed., Edições Sílabo. Rogers, M; Duffy, A. (2012) “Engineering Project Appraisal”, 2nd Ed., Wiley-Blackwell. Soares, I; Moreira, J; Pinho, C; Couto, J. (2015) “Decisões de investimento. Análise financeira de projectos”, 4ª Ed., Edições Sílabo. Munier, N. (2014) “Risk Management for Engineering Projects. Procedures, Methods and Tools” Springer International Publishing.

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