- Project Management Terms
- Agile - The Definition of Continuous Change
- Servant Leadership - A Key Leadership Style in Agile
- 6 Steps to making reasonable decisions
- What is the BOSCARD method
- PEST Analysis: How Political, Economic, Social, and Technological Factors Impact Your Business
- 49 Processes in Project Management
- What is Aggregate Planning in Project Management?
- 25 PMP Formulas you must remember to pass the PMP exam
- Example with formulas Earned Value, Cost Variance and Schedule Variance
- Example with formular Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Estimate at Completion (EAC)
- Example with formulas Beta Value in PERT, Expected Monetary Value (EMV) and Risk Priority Number
- Example with formular Variance at Completion, Estimate to Complete (ETC) and To Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
- Example with formular Standard Deviation, Communication Channels and Cost plus Percentage of Cost
- Example with formular Cost plus Fixed Fee, Cost plus Award Fee and Cost plus Incentive Fee
- Example with formular Return on Investment (ROI), Payback Period and Cost Benefit Ratio
- Example with formular Present Value (PV), Future Value (FV), Target Price and Point of Total Assumption
- Kanban Board - Agile Project Chart
- Gantt Chart - Roadmap Project Chart
- What is a Timeline View in Project Management?
- PERT Chart - The Most Popular Project Management Diagram
- Work-Breakdown Structure (WBS) Chart
- Flowchart in Project Management
- Cause-Effect Project Charts - Fishbone Diagram
- Burn-up and Burn-down Project Charts
- Bar Chart in Project Management
- What is Pareto Chart
- What is Pie Chart
- What is Control Chart
- What is Matrix Diagram
- What is Critical Path Diagram
- What is Cumulative Flow Project Chart
- What is Enterprise Environmental Factors
- What is Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
- What is Cost Baseline
- What is Cost-Benefit Analysis
- What is Cost Engineering?
- What is Cost Management Plan
- What is Cost of Quality?
- What is Cost Overrun?
- What is Cost Performance Index?
- What is Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract?
- What is Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract?
- What is Cost Plus Percentage Of Cost Contract
- What is Cost Reimbursable Contract?
Example with formular Return on Investment (ROI), Payback Period and Cost Benefit Ratio
19. Return on Investment (ROI)
Formula: ROI = (Net Profit / Cost of Investment) x 100
Return on Investment is the measurement of the rate at which the amount invested in a project gets recovered. This is expressed as a percentage. If net profit is $2000 and the Cost of Investment is $,30,000 then we would calculate ROI as
(Net Profit / Cost of Investment) x 100
(2000/30000) x 100 = 6.67
For this project you have a ROI of 6.67%
20. Payback Period
Formula: Payback Period = Initial Investment / Periodic Cashflow
The Payback Period refers to the amount of time it would take to recover the investment in a project. This is again a simple calculation where if the Initial investment is $20,000 and the periodic cash flow per month is $1000, then you could calculate the Payback period as follows:
Initial Investment / Periodic Cashflow
20000/1000 = 20
Payback period in this case would be 20 months
21. Cost Benefit Ratio
Formula: Cost Benefit Ratio = Net Present Value of Investment / Initial Investment Cost
Cost-benefit ratio is a comparison between the funds invested in the project and the value that has come out of it. This is a measure of project success in financial terms. If the initial investment was $20,000 and the Net Present Value is $25,000 then the Cost Benefit Ratio could be calculated as follows.
Net Present Value of Investment / Initial Investment Cost
25000/20000 = 1.25
The Cost benefit ratio of 1.25 denotes that every dollar invested in the project is now worth 1.25 dollars.