Course Information

This half-day course is designed to introduce delegates to the concepts and functionality of the SDS ProVal Private Finance module.

Delegates will be able to use SDS ProVal efficiently and confidently by creating appraisals encompassing straightforward development schemes.

Pre-requisites

Those attending this course should have a basic understanding of development and of the appraisal process, and be comfortable with using a mouse.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the layout of this module
• Understand the concept of defaults
• Create a simple appraisal
• Basic understanding of the key appraisal outputs
• Save and print the appraisal

Agenda:

• Introduction
• Opening & closing SDS ProVal
• Understanding the colour scheme
• Restrictions on using Excel when in the ProVal application
• Printing
• Getting Help
• Understanding how default values work (but not setting defaults)
• Methods of entering the data
• Copying and pasting in ProVal
• Creating a new appraisal
• Opening existing appraisal
• Saving as a new version
• Review of the ancillary reports
• Doing a quick appraisal
• Understanding the different ways of repaying the loan
• Appreciating the consolidation effect of this module
• Basic understanding of the results
• Staircasing and setting aside grant