COURSE ANNOTATION
“PROJECT ANALYSIS”
Recommended for students pursuing a first (bachelor’s) level of higher education
Course Objective
The purpose of the discipline is to master the methodology of substantiating project decisions and acquire practical skills in analysing and developing projects in the process of functioning and developing business structures of various business profiles. The discipline involves mastering the theoretical and methodological foundations of project development, examination, and analysis, acquiring skills in applying the tools for preparing and evaluating projects of various types, and solving professional tasks related to substantiating project decisions.
Interdisciplinary connections
This academic discipline is mandatory for the formation of analytical competence of future entrepreneurship specialists and has interdisciplinary connections with a significant number of academic disciplines of both the general and professional training cycles, in particular, "Microeconomics", "Entrepreneurship I", "Entrepreneurship II", "Finance", "Marketing", "Cost Management", "Innovative Entrepreneurship".
Learning Outcomes, Teaching Methods, and Assessment Tools
Table 1 – Teaching Methods and Assessment Tools for "Project Analysis" aligned with Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Tools |
1. | Knowledge: |
1.1 | conceptual and categorical apparatus of the discipline | lecture, seminar, discussion | Presentation of results, survey, test, case study, control exercises, control (module) work, exam |
1.2 | principles, methods, and techniques for developing and justifying project solutions |
1.3 | methods for calculating the main indicators of project effectiveness | lecture, seminar discussion with elements of analysis, solving specific problems and situations, case analysis |
1.4 | methods for conducting various types of functional analysis |
1.5 | risk and uncertainty in the project |
2. | Skills: |
2.1 | project development according to formal criteria | lecture, seminar, solving specific problems, solving situational exercises, discussion | Project presentation, survey, test, case study, control exercises, control (modular) work, exam |
2.2 | analysis of the internal and external environment of the project |
2.3 | economic justification of project decisions |
2.4 | project risk analysis |
2.5 | project presentation |
3. | Communication |
Developing practical teamwork skills in applicants, namely: | seminar, discussion, solving specific problems and situations | Verification of the implementation of calculation work, case study, verification of the implementation of solved specific tasks and situations, presentation |
3.1 | communicating information, ideas, problems, solutions, own experience and arguments |
3.2 | ability to work in a team - to take responsibility for achieving the set goal |
3.3 | communication on professional issues orally and in writing |
3.4 | ability to develop proposals for eliminating identified shortcomings, errors, deviations |
4. | Responsibility and Autonomy |
understanding of personal responsibility and the ability to bear responsibility for the developed project solutions | seminar, discussion, solving specific problems and situations, analytical report | Verification of calculation work, case study, test (module) work, exam |
4.1 | formation of judgments that take into account social, scientific and ethical aspects |
4.2 | production of own practical ideas based on the principles of academic culture and integrity |
4.3 | ability to continue learning with a significant degree of autonomy |
4.4 | ability to think independently and independently |
Course Content by Topics
Topic 1. Project analysis as a methodology and academic discipline |
Topic 2. Project Concept |
Topic 3. Marketing analysis as a defining functional aspect of project development and expertise |
Topic 4. Technical and Environmental aspects of project analysis |
Topic 5. Social and Institutional analysis of the project |
Topic 6. Financial and Economic analysis of the project |
Topic 7. Project Cash Flow |
Topic 8. Standard financial and informal criteria for project decisions |
Topic 9. Dynamic project Break-Even Analysis |
Topic 10. Evaluation and making project decisions under risk and uncertainty |
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Faculty Members Teaching the Course
Iryna Kubareva, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, iryna.kubareva@kneu.ua
Olena Hrebeshkova, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, olena.hrebeshkova@kneu.ua
Recommended Information Sources
1. Verba V. A., Zagorodnikh O. A. Project analysis. Textbook. Kyiv: KNEU, 2000.
2. Verba V. A., Grebeshkova O. M., Vostryakov O. V. Project analysis. Teaching and methodical manual for independent study of dissertations Kyiv: KNEU, 2002.
3. Verba V. A., Grebeshkova O. M. Project analysis: slide course. Kyiv: KNEU, 2006.
4. Project management: simply about the complex. Textbook. Edited by V. A. Verba. Kyiv: KNEU, 2009.
5. Shygimaga A. F., Ilchenko N. V. Project analysis. Kyiv: Condor-Publishing House, 2015.
6. Shevchenko-Perepelkina R., Basyurkina N., Gorbachenko S. Project Analysis. K.: Schema, 2019.
7. The Economics of Project Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide. William A. Ward and Barry J. Deren. Washington: The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, 1991.
8. Grebeshkova O. Video course of lectures "Project Analysis" for distance learning students. URL: https://cutt.ly/A9bZCFv
Last redaction: 18.02.25