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Financial Analysis for Capacity Planners

Capacitas Training Centre,
London, United Kingdom.
2 Days

Learn how to:

Undertake and demonstrate the value of a cost/benefit analysis
Represent changes to capacity requirements in a business format
Write a convincing business case for change
Understand and use financial measures where appropriate
Use financial analysis to assist with quantifiable decision making

Course Agenda

Day 1
9:00 - 9:30	Registration
09:30 - 10:15	Introduction to Financial Analysis The relationship between Capacity Planning & IS/IT Finance Why is Financial Analysis Needed? Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Operating Expenditure (OPEX)
10:15 - 11:00	Financial Analytical Measures Return-on-Investment Internal Rate of Return
11:00 - 11:15	Morning Break
11:15 - 13:00	Financial Analytical Measures (cont.) Discounted Cash Flow Net Present Value Lifetime Cost/Total Cost of Ownership
13:00 - 13:45	Lunch
13:45 - 14:45	Cash-flow Profiles Expenditure profile of a purchase over time Equipment Depreciation
14:45 - 15:00	Afternoon Break
15:00 - 16:30	Other Costs for Capacity Planners Order Cancellations Hidden Costs Quantifying the Unquantifiable Financial Decisions Buying vs. Leasing Capacity: an Analysis Selling vs. Leasing Capacity: an Analysis

Day 2
9:00 - 11:00	Undertaking Financial Analysis Finding the Data to Analyse Using Excel for Financial Analysis Presenting the Answers The use of Graphs
11:00 - 11:15	Morning Break
11:15 - 13:00	Business Cases What the Customer Wants to See Key Requirements of a Business Case Business Case Structure Underlying Analysis & Conclusions
13:00 - 13:45	Lunch
13:45 - 14:45	Budgets Why Budgets are Needed The Annual Budget Process The CAPEX Budget
14:45 - 15:00	Afternoon Break
15:00 - 16:30	Budgets (cont.) The OPEX Budget Tracking expenditure against budgets The Strengths/Weaknesses of Budgets 'Success-based' Capital Expenditure

Course Brief

A core skills for all capacity planners is to be able to demonstrate the financial costs and benefits for any proposed change. To do this the capacity planner must be able to speak the language of their most important customer - the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - as they sign off all major expenditure. This course gives an overview of the typical financial ratios and metrics required by the CFO.

Course Prerequisites

None

Course Audience

Capacity Planners/Capacity Managers
Network Planners
Programme/Project Managers
IT Directors
Operations Managers
IT Strategists

How Your Organisation Will Benefit

Attending this course you will learn:

How to 'talk' financial language
How to write a business case
How to evaluate business case impact on ICT capacity
How to measure the lifetime value of capacity upgrades
How to define, calculate and track against budgets

Feedback Scores from Recent Courses

Scores on a range of 1 to 5, where 1 is completely dissatisfied and 5 is completely satisfied.

Course

Did the course meet your objectives 4.5

Level of detail 4.5

Quality of visual materials 4.3

Quality of printed materials 4.0

Relevance of course 4.5

Pace of course 4.8

Training facilities 4.3

Presenters

Knowledge of material 4.8

Quality of communication 4.7

Understanding of subject 4.8

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