Professors
The general objectives of the course are the following:
1. To familiarize the student with the key concepts and topics of planning an investment project, diagnosis of the economic-financial viability of a project, evaluation of the main variables of the profitability of a project and its financial viability.
2. To learn how to deploy wide area fiber networks
3. To learn how to present a project to a public tender
4. To learn how to analyze the profitability of a project
5. To defend a proposal before an administration
1. Introduction to financial planning. Profitability analysis. Analysis of investment projects
2. Public tender and administrative offer: Public sector contracts law, Regulation of Next Generation Networks (NGN), Administrative documentation to access the competitive dialogue
3. Design of the technical offer: Deployment of NGN networks, Equipment and technical solution, Presentation of technical offer.
4. Design of the economic offer: Economic model for NGN-NGA networks.
5. Preparation of the final offer.
The training activities used in the subject are:
- Assimilation of the associated concepts
- Personal work
- Evaluation activities
Each session is divided into two parts: in the first part the teacher provides the basic knowledge so that the students can research and complete the task. The rest of the session is dedicated to implementing the case. The teacher assists the students who require it to clarify any possible doubts that may arise.
For each content block of the subject, the assessment activities used in the subject are:
- Group work
- Class participation
- Exams
- Presentations
The final grade for each content block is based on the overall and individual assessment and will be composed of a weighted percentage between the class grades, the deliverables and the grade for the final project that will be presented to speakers who will assess, as if it were a real project, the viability of the proposed design.
The first topic is worth 18.7% of the final grade, while topics 2 to 5 are worth 30% (topic 2), 25% (topic 3), 25% (topic 4) and 20% (topic 5) of the remaining 81.25%. Both the submissions and the final project are assessed according to the different requirements that have been previously established. The assessment combines the group grade with an individual grade with a weighting that depends on each submission and block of content.