Project Feasibility and Its Types: by Nooruddin Shabbir Jasdanwala
Project Feasibility and Its Types: by Nooruddin Shabbir Jasdanwala
Its Types
By Nooruddin Shabbir Jasdanwala
Meaning of Project Feasibility
1. Technical Feasibility
A technical feasibility study assesses the details of how you intend to deliver
a product or service to customers. Think materials, labor, transportation,
where your business will be located, and the technology that will be
necessary to bring all this together. It’s the logistical or tactical plan of how
your business will produce, store, deliver, and track its products or services.
A technical feasibility study is an excellent tool for both troubleshooting and
long-term planning. It can serve as a flowchart of how your products and
services evolve and move through your business to physically reach your
market.
2. Economic Viability
Viability is a measure of the likely success of a particular action or set of actions.
An assessment of economic viability is an evaluation of the various economic
effects that may result from the implementation of a particular project. This
assessment will help decision makers decide whether a project is feasible or not.
Assessing economic viability is informed by financial analysis and the main
tool which is usually used for this is cost benefit analysis. This involves
expressing costs and benefits in monetary terms to allow comparisons to be
made. But other non-financial benefits may also be explored. If at the end of
the exercise the benefits exceed the costs, the project may be considered to
be economically viable.
3. Commercial Feasibility
Once you have determined that there is a market for your innovation, you
need to consider the financial requirements to make it viable. Commercial
feasibility typically covers:
The amount of investment you require to bring your innovation to the market;
Your approach to secure the required investments;
1. Your commercialization strategy and your revenue model.
Other things to consider include understanding the regulatory requirements
you need to satisfy, your intellectual property status and whether you have
freedom to operate.
4. Financial Feasibility
Financial feasibility focuses specifically on the financial aspects of the study.
It assesses the economical viability of a proposed venture by evaluating the
startup costs, operating expenses, cash flow and making a forecast of future
performance.
The results from a financial feasibility study determine whether the proposed
project is financially possible and make a projection on the rate of return on
invested capital.
Other Types Of Project Feasibility
1. Schedule Feasibility
2. Cultural Feasibility
3. Legal/Ethical Feasibility
4. Resource Feasibility
5. Operational Feasibility
6. Marketing Feasibility
7. Real Estate Feasibility