Business planning
Preparing a Feasibility Study with Mind Maps
Build a small-business feasibility study using a mind map to connect customers, operations, costs and cash flow. A worked restaurant example shows how assumptions affect the decision to proceed.
- Duration
- 37 minutes
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Trainer
- Course delivery
- Online
- Price per attendee
- 97 AED
- Suggested for
- All employees, Managers, Senior management
About this course
Before committing money to a business idea, you need to know who will buy, what delivery will cost and whether cash will last. This course brings those questions into one study rather than treating a sales forecast as the whole answer.
A restaurant example runs through market research, equipment and staffing, costs, break-even and funding. Learners organise the evidence in a mind map and test what happens when assumptions change. The final workshop applies the method to their own idea. English and Arabic teaching editions are available.
The aim is a reasoned decision, including conditions to resolve before investing. Example figures are teaching assumptions; a real project needs its own market evidence and quotations.
What you'll learn
- 4 minutes
Introduction: From an Idea to an Informed Decision
The questions a feasibility study should answer before a business commits money or resources.
- 5 minutes
Building a Useful Mind Map
A mind map linking the business idea to evidence, unanswered questions and the main parts of the study.
- 6 minutes
Market, Customer, and Competitor Analysis
Target customers, demand, competing alternatives and evidence for the proposed price.
- 5 minutes
Technical feasibility and daily operation
Location, equipment, staffing, suppliers and capacity needed to deliver the offer.
- 5 minutes
Costs, Sales, and Financial Results
Startup needs, fixed and variable costs, sales and contribution to the operating result.
- 7 minutes
Break-even point, liquidity, and financing
Break-even sales, cash timing, funding options and the effect of changing assumptions.
- 5 minutes
Risk analysis and completion of the restaurant study
Risks, consistency checks and a conditional recommendation for the worked restaurant example.
- 5 minutes
Practical Workshop and Final Project
Applying the study structure to a chosen project and setting the next research or testing steps.