1. Knowledge:

1.1 Theoretical foundations and methodological principles of business design: content, purpose, forms, tasks, and its place within the general, strategic, and project management systems

Practical (contact) classes, note-taking, development of intellectual maps, discussions, discourse

Various forms of knowledge assessment (testing, crosswords, quests, quizzes), participation in discussions, addressing problematic issues, final test

1.2 Existing regulatory frameworks and recommendations regarding business design, selection, and evaluation of the effectiveness of business project implementation in Ukraine and worldwide

1.3 Core concepts underlying the design and evaluation of business projects: time value of money, project value, cost-benefit ratio, with and without the project, etc.

1.4 The methodology of business design, particularly the methodological principles and approaches to justifying the market feasibility of a project, forecasting revenue from project implementation, current and investment costs needed for its implementation, forecasting financial results and cash flow, evaluating its economic, budgetary, social effectiveness, environmental impacts, etc.

Practical (contact) classes, solving specific tasks and situations

Checking completed exercises, module test

2. Skills/Competencies:

2.1 Assessing the current state and development prospects of the product market (goods, works, services) for the business project, justifying the commercial feasibility of the project, forecasting revenue volumes from product sales; evaluating the competitive environment and the competitiveness of the project's products

Practical (contact) classes, project-based learning (PBL), discussing specific tasks and situations, discourse, Case study

Review (peer evaluation) of PBL tasks, presentation and defense of the prepared team business project, participation in evaluating other teams' projects (providing feedback, recommendations, suggestions), final test

2.2 Justifying the need for personnel to implement the project; developing systems for material and non-material motivation of business organizations and project teams involved in project implementation

2.3 Defining and justifying the necessary organizational design for the business project (selection/change of organizational-legal form, development/correction of organizational structure, selection/refinement of tax status, creation of new subdivisions, network and platform organizations, project teams, etc.) to form the organizational prerequisites for project implementation

2.4 Identifying the list and structure of current expenses required for business project implementation, calculating the project’s product price, assessing the potential impact of the project on the current expenses of the business organization

2.5 Justifying the need for investment resources required for project implementation, evaluating the capabilities of project initiators and business organizations to attract them, based on assessing creditworthiness and investment attractiveness

2.6 Conducting quantitative and qualitative risk analysis for the project, evaluating (modeling) their impact on its results

2.7 Developing production, marketing, organizational, investment, financial plans for the business project, risk mitigation plan, business project implementation plan, RACI matrix, and Gantt chart

2.8 Calculating nominal and discounted project cash flows; justifying the discount rate, taking into account the expected project implementation time, inflation, and project risks

2.9 Assessing the economic feasibility of business project implementation, determining the criteria for selecting a business project when there are two or more alternatives

2.10 Calculating the system of indicators that characterize the economic, budgetary, and social effectiveness of the business project implementation; evaluating macroeconomic and environmental impacts of the project implementation

3. Communication

3.1 Ability to work in a team

Project-based learning (PBL)

Checking task distribution and organizing team collaboration

3.2 Professionally communicating with potential investors, partners, and project stakeholders

Preparing queries, collecting information and surveys, preparing and conducting business idea presentations

3.3 Clearly and unambiguously conveying knowledge to both specialists and non-specialists, explaining and justifying one's own ideas, proposals, and conclusions

Reviewing prepared materials for the business project and presenting it

4. Responsibility and Autonomy

4.1 Demonstrating understanding of personal responsibility for professional and/or managerial decisions or provided proposals/recommendations, which can affect:

1) processes of initiating, preparing, and implementing business projects,

 2) product development,

3) team formation and responsibility distribution, resource planning,

4) attracting investors and securing project financing,

5) forecasting and evaluating the results of project implementation

Practical (contact) classes, discussions, briefings, project-based learning (PBL)

Checking PBL tasks; presentation and defense of the business project; participation in the discussion of the project work results of other teams