Course Project
MS6010 Course Project Guidelines
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:
Cover page listing the company, project, date, and presenter.
Sufficient background so that a potential investor understands the business.
The investment idea and summary justification.
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.
The break-even of the project.
Your final analysis summary that details why the company should invest the money in this project.
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 |
