Unit 1

Project, Meaning and definition, characteristics, importance, classification, project management cycle, project profile, search for a business idea, product planning and development, consumer adoption of an innovation.

Unit 2

Project identification, criteria for selection of a particular project, project formulation, steps, project analysis, technical, economic, financial, social, institutional and environmental analysis, project risks.

Unit 3

Project planning, meaning, project planning matrix, types of planning, functions of project planning, areas of planning, project design, network analysis, PERT and CPM, project report, contents, project appraisal, steps.

Unit 4

Financial analysis, meaning, significance, tools such as ratio analysis, fund flow analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, Comparative statement analysis and break even analysis.

Unit 5

Sources of finance, internal and external venture capital.

Course Objective:
To make the students understand the procedure of selecting a project and the tools of financial analysis and planning.

Course Outcomes:

Textbooks:

1. Vasant Desai – Project Management – Himalaya Publishing Company
2. S Chouchary – Project Management – McGraw Hill

Reference Books:

1. B.M. Patel – Project Management – Vikas Publishing
2. Rajeev M Gupta – Project Management – PHI
3. Maylor – Project Management – Pearson