INF3708/201/3/2013 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TUTORIAL LETTER 201 FOR INF3708 SOLUTIONS Solutions (Highlighted) - Assignment 01 – Semester 1 ASSIGNMENT 01 - COMPULSORY Study material Total marks Hughes & Cotterell: Chapters 1 – 4 25 marks = 100% UNIQUE NUMBER: 203647 1. A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. is said to be “A specific plan or design” or “A planned undertaking” System Scope Project Software Management -2- INF3708/201 2. Software Project Management scope normally comprises the
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Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester 2 MB 0045 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Name: Manybhushan Tiwary Roll : 1205003226 Q1. What are the goals of financial management? A1. The experts in the field of finance believe that if the market value of the firm’s equity is maximized; the goal of the financial management is attained. There are two versions of the goals of the financial Management: Profit Maximization and Wealth maximization. Profit maximization: This is a goal wherein‚ the returns
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project’s average: A. net present value. B. internal rate of return. C. accounting return. D. profitability index. E. payback period. The internal rate of return is defined as the: A. maximum rate of return a firm expects to earn on a project. B. rate of return a project will generate if the project in financed solely with internal funds. C. discount rate that equates the net cash inflows of a project to zero. D. discount rate which causes the net present value of a project to equal
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which return money late in the life of the investment are even more disadvantaged under discounted payback than under regular payback. NPV is a more appropriate method to use to determine the value of an investment project. P8-4. Calculate the net present value (NPV) for the following 20-year projects. Comment on the acceptability of each. Assume that the firm has an opportunity cost of 14%. a. Initial cash outlay is $15‚000; cash inflows are $13‚000 per year. b. Initial cash outlay is $32‚000; cash
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1. Given the proposed financing plan‚ describe your approach (qualitatively) to value AirThread. Should Ms. Zhang use WACC‚ APV or some combination thereof? Explain. (2 points) * From the statement of AirThread case‚ we know that American Cable Communication want to raise capital by Leveraged Buyout (LBO) approach. This means ACC will finance money though equity and debt to buy AirThread and pay the debt by the cash flows or assets of AirThread. * In another word‚ it’s a highly levered transaction
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Washington State University Finance 325 Practice Problems 1. What is the net present value of a project with the following cash flows and a required return of 12 percent? Year 0 1 2 3 Cash Flow -$28‚900 $12‚450 $19‚630 $ 2‚750 2. What is the net present value of a project that has an initial cash outflow of $12‚670 and the following cash inflows? The required return is 11.5 percent. Year 1 2 3 4 Cash Inflows $4‚375 $ 0 $8‚750 $4‚100 3. A project will produce cash inflows of $1‚750
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discount rate‚ but this is a good project and the returns will be great only if everything remains like expected. So‚ I would also recommend them to evaluate themselves at least yearly as things may change from year to year. 3. What is the net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) for the
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Case 19 1. Worldwide Paper Company has an opportunity to take on a new project. With this project they would be considering an addition of a new on site Longwood wood yard. The yearly cash flows for this investment seem to be very good if everything remained or exceeded the assumptions on which the cash flows $18 million is not a small investment but in the long run the company catching up to get back the invested money and also allowing them to make huge profits. The company is paying a 40% tax
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1 - Energy Costs Find information on energy cost: Advantages (government websites) 2 - Cost of Equity‚ Appropriate Discount Rate (WACC) Cost of equity 1. Formula Risk Free Rate + (Market Premium x Overall Company Beta) 2. Each part a. Risk free rate (10-year T-bill) i. bond rating chosen * interest rate * b. Market premium c. Beta i. Appropriate Discount Rate (WACC) 1. Formula Weight of Debt x After-Tax Cost of Debt) + (Debt to Equity x Cost of Equity) 2. WACC (important – why is it important
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expect an IPO valuation at 3.67 times revenues‚ producing gross proceeds of $764m with a present value of $116m (using our 60% discount rate). Assuming that Accessline meets this revenue target‚ and that no future funding is required‚ Apex will take a slight loss on its required rate of return‚ barring the voluntary distribution of the dividend from the board of directors‚ on which we are not offered a seat. The present price per share at such an exit would be approximately $7.84. However‚ given Accessline’s
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