MS6010 Course Project Guidelines

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Your course project will consist of a 15–20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. These slides will help you present your investment idea to the President and CEO of the public company. As such, the slides must be well crafted to help convince the leader of the company of the need for the investment, the possible risks, and potential returns. Remember, the slides should outline the key points to be made and not overwhelm the viewer with too many details. You will provide the details in the speaker notes for each slide. The slide presentation must include:

  1. Cover page      listing the company, project, date, and presenter.
  2. Sufficient      background so that a potential investor understands the business.
  3. The      investment idea and summary justification.
  4. Enough      historic data from the worksheet you develop in Modules 3 and 4 to give an investor an understanding of      revenues, costs, expenses, cash flows, and potential returns in dollars      and using capital budgeting analysis concepts to demonstrate viability. 
  5. The break-even      of the project.
  6. Your final      analysis summary that details why the company should invest the money in      this project.
  7. Speaker      notes in your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to include background      information that you would communicate verbally in a presentation. This speaker      notes content should be the length necessary to explain the outline      presented in the slides. Each slide must have the requisite speaker notes      to explain the material/data presented in the slides as if you are making      a formal presentation and expect to verbalize those words. 

This slide presentation is due before the end of class on Day 5 of Module 5 and is worth 25% of your course final grade or 250 points. Combined with the other submitted elements of the project, the total points allocated to this course project will be 500 points or 50% of your grade. The grading of this project will be extensive to match the percentage of course grade. Make sure you provide substantial work in the creating of this project.

Breakdown of Course Project Work

  

Module


Major Task


Points

 

1


Select public company and begin   planning project.


 

2


Seek approval of the company,   project investment idea, and justification by completing the Project Approval   Input in the link provided.


30

 

3


Begin working on the Excel   worksheet provided with the project to outline the revenues, costs, expenses,   and resulting cash flows.


 

4


Submit the final Excel worksheet   showing all data and calculations.


 

5


Submit Microsoft PowerPoint   presentation complete with speaker notes before the end of class Day 4. 


470

  

Grading Criteria

  

Assignment Components


Proficient


Max Points

 

By end of Module 2, complete the Project   Approval Input and answer the questions provided.


Selects US public   company and provides name and stock symbol. Explains interest in the company   and in the investment project.


30

 

Excel Worksheet   Requirements:



 

Identify the various   revenues, expenses, costs, expenses, and cash flows. If a manufacturing   company and investment deals with projects, the analysis breaks down costs   into fixed and variable, direct and indirect.


All costs, revenues,   expenses, and cash flows required to implement the project are identified,   listed, and summed appropriately


180

 

Calculate the CVP or   break-even point for the project.


Calculations are   complete and accurate.


15

 

Calculate NPV and IRR.   Provides the numeric viability of the project investment. 


Calculations are   complete and accurate.


25

 

Slide Presentation   Requirements:



 

Includes a minimum of   15 slides


Each slide is   formatted consistently with proper spelling and grammar.


30

 

Cover page


Cover page listing the   company, project, date, and presenter


10

 

Company summary


Sufficient written background so that a   potential investor understands the business.


40

 

Data from Excel   Worksheet


Enough   historic data from the graded worksheet to give an investor an understanding   of revenues, costs, expenses, cash flows, and potential returns in dollars   and using capital budgeting analysis concepts to demonstrate viability. 


30

 

Analysis slides


Present   the breakeven and other types of analysis for the project.


50

 

Final recommendations


Provide   your final analysis summary that details why the company should invest the   money in this project.


40

 

Speaker notes on each   slide


Speaker   notes in your PowerPoint presentation to include background information that   you would communicate verbally in a presentation. This background information   should be the length necessary to explain the outline presented in the   slides. Each slide must have the requisite speaker notes to explain the   material/data presented in the slides as if you are making a formal   presentation and expect to verbalize those words.


50

 

Total:



500

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