An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Project Analysis: Tools & Techniques for Managing Risk & Uncertainty

A Detailed Examination of The Tools & Techniques
to Help Mitigate Risks in Business and Projects

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

In today’s high-stakes environment, large-scale capital investments demand a thorough understanding of financial risk, uncertainty, and decision-making strategies. Many major projects across industries fail to deliver expected returns due to inadequate planning, unrealistic projections, and poor risk mitigation. This results in cost overruns, operational inefficiencies, and strategic setbacks.

The Project Analysis: Tools & Techniques for Managing Risk & Uncertainty training course is specifically designed to bridge these gaps by equipping professionals with advanced tools for investment evaluation, financial modelling, risk analysis, and strategic project decision-making.

This intensive training course guides participants through every stage of project financial appraisal—from feasibility studies and cash flow forecasting to decision-tree analysis and risk-based capital planning. Through real-world examples, simulations, and practical exercises, participants will master how to forecast returns, identify and respond to project risks, and make confident financial decisions under uncertainty.

This Project Analysis: Tools & Techniques for Managing Risk & Uncertainty training course will highlight:

  • Strategic decision-making frameworks for high-risk capital projects
  • Financial evaluation tools including NPV, IRR, and sensitivity analysis
  • Best practices for project risk identification and mitigation
  • Realistic cash flow forecasting and capital budgeting techniques
  • The critical role of the business case in project approval

COURSE DETAILS

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OBJECTIVES

By the end of this Project Analysis: Tools & Techniques for Managing Risk & Uncertainty training course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply structured financial decision-making to capital-intensive projects
  • Develop realistic and risk-adjusted cash flow projections
  • Use quantitative tools to evaluate alternative project investment options
  • Interpret and communicate financial analysis to stakeholders
  • Identify key project risks and align them with financial strategies
  • Maximize ROI by applying proven tools for cost control and feasibility assessment
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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

Delegates will develop project management skills supported by financial analysis and cash flow management skills through formal and interactive learning methods. This training course includes individual exercises, team projects, applicable case studies and group discussions that will bring to life the skills acquired throughout the training course. 

The material has been designed to enable delegates to apply all of the material with immediate effect back in the workplace. 

Additionally, this training course does not assume prior knowledge of the topics covered in the course. New concepts and tools are introduced gradually to enable delegates to progress from the fundamental to the advanced concepts of asset-based financial engineering.

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ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organisations that empower employees with these tools will benefit from:

  • Improved project selection and investment outcomes
  • Enhanced ability to forecast and manage capital risks
  • Better alignment between strategic objectives and financial planning
  • More efficient allocation of resources across projects
  • Reduced incidence of project overruns and financial underperformance
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PERSONAL IMPACT

Participants will gain:

  • Confidence in analysing financial aspects of capital projects
  • Practical understanding of capital budgeting, forecasting, and ROI evaluation
  • Exposure to risk-based project decision tools used in global industries
  • Enhanced ability to communicate complex financial insights to decision-makers
  • Advanced skills that boost career progression in project finance and investment roles
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This KC Academy Project Analysis: Tools & Techniques for Managing Risk & Uncertainty training course is designed for programme and project management professionals, project leaders, project engineers, cost engineers, and other senior project control and business services professionals who are responsible for or involved in evaluating projects and managing cash flow throughout the duration of project delivery.

DAILY AGENDA

Day 1: Fundamentals of Decision Analysis
  • What is project management decision analysis?
  • The purpose of the project business case
  • The need for systematic risk management for decision-making
  • Risk and uncertainty on projects
  • Option analysis
  • Identifying key decision-making factors

Measures of Project Profitability

  • Fundamental tools of engineering economics
  • Time value of money
  • Appraisal methods - Discounted Cash Flow Projections
  • Time equivalence
Day 2: Cash-Flow Modelling and Project Decision Analysis
  • Financial Modelling and Project Evaluation
  • Internal Rate of Return computations (IRR)
  • Determining the Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
  • The risk of not understanding IRR

Analysing Project Specifics

  • Understanding the project context to assist in decision-making
  • Determine stakeholders and their level of influence
  • Capture requirements
  • Determine scope of work
Day 3: The Cost of Capital
  • Capital & Operating Expenditures (CAPEX / OPEX)
  • Estimating the cost of capital for a project
  • Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR)
  • Dis-benefits

Risk Modelling in Practice

  • Identify Risks
  • Forecasting risk impacts & probabilities
  • Opportunity costs, sunk costs & salvage value of a project
  • Determining the Risk Priorities
  • The need for company cash flow
Day 4: Decision Analysis: Expected Value Concept
  • Basic Probability Concepts
    • Fundamental probability concepts
    • Mutually & non-mutually exclusive, independent events
  • Quantitative Project Risk Analysis
    • Semi-quantitative bow-tie process
    • Detailed risk quantification and prioritisation
    • Expected monetary value
    • Scenario planning
  • Sensitivity Analysis Tools
    • Simulation process
    • Tornado diagram
    • Defining the variables - PERT
Day 5: Decision Trees, EMV, Risk Responses and ROI
  • Decision Tree Analysis
    • Developing decision trees
    • Solving decision trees
  • Risk Responses
    • Developing risk responses
    • Evaluating response relevance
  • ROI Analysis
    • Understanding ROI
    • Identifying ROI
    • Evaluating and presenting your project options
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Certificate

On successful completion of this training course, KC ACademy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

THIS TRAINING COURSE IS ALSO PART OF THE 10-DAY TITLES:

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