Before You Invest: Training Course in Preparing Economic Feasibility Studies
1Summary
Every investment decision carries a simple risk: committing money, time, and people to a project that looks promising on paper but cannot actually sustain itself. A feasibility study is the tool that catches that risk before the money is spent, by testing a project’s market, technical, financial, and social viability against real numbers instead of assumptions.
This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy builds the full skill set behind a credible feasibility study. Participants learn to analyze market demand, estimate costs and revenues, apply financial evaluation tools such as ROI and NPV, and turn all of it into a report that decision-makers can actually act on.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Project managers who want a deeper grip on economic feasibility analysis.
- Financial and investment consultants providing strategic financial advice.
- Financial analysts working directly with project financial data.
- Strategic planning managers identifying the best investment opportunities.
- Business development teams and project consultants building feasibility skills.
Knowledge and Benefits:
After completing the program, participants will be able to master the following:
- Prepare economic feasibility studies for projects of different sizes.
- Read financial and economic data to spot opportunities and risks early.
- Apply market, technical, cost, and financial analysis as one connected process.
- Use tools such as Return on Investment and Cost-Benefit Analysis with confidence.
- Produce feasibility reports that stand up to scrutiny and support real decisions.
3Course Content
Module 1: Why Feasibility Studies Make or Break a Project
- What a feasibility study actually protects an investor from
- The economic, technical, financial, and market types of feasibility, and how they connect
- The main steps for conducting a study and defining its scope
Module 2: Reading the Market Before You Commit
- Studying demand and supply through surveys, secondary data, and competition analysis
- Using technology and Big Data techniques to understand market behavior
- Turning customer-behavior insights into decisions about the project
Module 3: Can You Actually Build It? Technical Feasibility
- Defining the project’s technical requirements and the processes it depends on
- Choosing the technologies the project will actually use
- Preparing realistic implementation timelines
Module 4: Counting the Real Costs
- Separating fixed costs from variable costs
- Preparing accurate cost estimates
- Using technology to improve efficiency and cut waste
Module 5: The Financial Picture: Revenue and Returns
- Estimating expected revenues and setting a pricing strategy
- Calculating ROI, NPV, and IRR and knowing what each one tells you
- Reading these indicators together instead of in isolation
Module 6: From Numbers to a Verdict: Economic Feasibility
- Using financial tools to reach a feasibility verdict
- Modeling best-case and worst-case scenarios
- Deciding when a project is worth pursuing and when it isn’t
Module 7: Environmental and Social Considerations
- How environmental and social factors affect a project’s real feasibility
- Building these considerations into the study instead of treating them as an afterthought
Module 8: Writing and Presenting a Report That Gets Approved
- Structuring a feasibility report that is comprehensive and persuasive
- Critically evaluating a feasibility study using performance indicators
- Presenting findings to stakeholders in a way that supports a clear decision
Module 9: Feasibility Studies in the AI Era
- Where artificial intelligence fits into modern feasibility work
- Using AI tools to analyze economic data faster and more accurately