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Generation and Screening of Project Ideas-Project Management-Lecture Slides, Slides of Project Management

This lecture is part of lecture series on subject of Project Management at Tezpur University Gate. Instructor name is Rajkumari Vishaka. It includes: Generation, Screening, Project, Ideas, Environment, Corporate, Appraisal, Preliminary, Sources, Entrepreneur

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Generation and Screening of
Project Ideas
1. Generation of Ideas
2. Monitoring the Environment
3. Corporate Appraisal
4. Profit potential of Industries: Porter’s Model
5. Scouting for project ideas
6. Preliminary screening
7. Project rating index
8. Sources of positive net present value
9. On being an entrepreneur
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Generation and Screening of

Project Ideas

  1. Generation of Ideas
  2. Monitoring the Environment
  3. Corporate Appraisal
  4. Profit potential of Industries: Porter’s Model
  5. Scouting for project ideas
  6. Preliminary screening
  7. Project rating index
  8. Sources of positive net present value
  9. On being an entrepreneur

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1. Generation of Ideas

 Stimulating the flow of ideas  SWOT analysis  Clear articulation of objectives  Cost reduction  Productivity improvement  Increase in capacity utilization  Improve in contribution margin  Expansion into promising fields  Fostering a conducive work environment

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2. Monitoring the Environment

  1. Economic Sector
    • State of the economy
    • Overall rate of growth
    • Growth rates of primary/secondary/tertiary sectors
    • Cyclical fluctuations
    • Linkage with the world economy
    • Trade surplus/deficits
    • Balance of payment situation

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2. Monitoring the Environment

  1. Government Sector
    • Industrial policy
    • Government programmes and policies
    • Tax framework
    • Subsidies, incentives and concessions
    • Import and export policies
    • Financing norms
    • Lending conditions (FIs and CBs)

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2. Monitoring the Environment

  1. Socio-demographic Sector
    • Population trends
    • Age distribution and shifts
    • Income distribution
    • Educational profile
    • Employment of women
    • Attitudes towards consumption and investment

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2. Monitoring the Environment

  1. Competition Sector
    • Number of firms in the industry and their market shares
    • Degree of homogeneity and differentiation among products
    • Entry barriers
    • Comparison with substitutes
    • Marketing policies and practices

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3. Corporate Appraisal

 Marketing and distribution  Production and Operations  Research and development  Corporate resources and personnel  Financing and accounting

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4. Profit potential of Industries:

Porter’s Model

 Five basic competitive forces  Threat of new entrants  Rivalry among existing firms  Pressure from substitute products  Bargaining power of buyers  Bargaining power of sellers

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5. Scouting for project ideas

 Analyze the performance of existing industries  Examine the inputs and outputs of various industries  Review imports and exports  Study plan outlays and government guidelines  Look at suggestions of financial institutions and development agencies  Investigate local materials and resources  Analyze economic and social trends

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5. Scouting for project ideas cont’d

 Study new technological developments  Draw clues from consumption/trends abroad  Explore the possibility of reviving sick units  Identify unfulfilled psychological needs  Attend trade fairs  Stimulate creativity for generating new product ideas  Hope that the chance factor will favor you

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7. Project rating index

Construction of a Rating Index  Identify factors relevant for project rating  Assign weights to these factors  Rate the project proposal on various factors (using a 5 or 7- point scale)  For each factor, multiply the factor rating with the factor weight to get the factor score  Add all the factor scores to get the overall project rating index

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8. Sources of positive

net present value

 Economies of scale  Product differentiation  Cost advantage  Marketing reach  Technological edge  Government policy

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Success Traits of an Entrepreneur

 Willingness to make sacrifices  Leadership  Decisiveness  Confidence in the project  Marketing orientation  Strong ego

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How to be a Good Leader Jack Welch

  1. Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach and build self-confidence
  2. Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it
  3. Leaders get into everyone’s skin, exuding positive energy and optimism
  4. Leaders establish trust with candor, transparency and credit