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Private Training

Training On Your Terms

ARGUS Software offers a dedicated, hands-on training service to ensure you get the most out of your software in the shortest possible time. Depending on your needs, a range of training courses can be offered covering both user and technical issues.

Private training classes can be customised to your needs and can be conducted in either your offices or our training facilities. For more information on private training please call +44 (0) 20 8238 8345 or contact us by email at trainingEU@argussoftware.com.

Benefits of Private Training:

  • Cost-effective for larger groups
  • Focused on your organisation and your training needs
  • Save travel time and money by holding the session in your place of business


We offer the following courses:
Please select a product below for further information on our private training courses.

 

ARGUS Valuation - Capitalisation

Course Outlines

Standard Course

  • Brief overview of ARGUS Valuation - Capitalisation
  • Creating portfolio, property and tenant records
  • Freehold and leasehold tenures
  • The Tenancy Schedule, full tenant screens, floor areas and the Lease Schedule
  • Costs - capital and revenue
  • Valuations and an introduction to Cash flows
  • Sensitivity analysis and reports

Intermediate Course

The Intermediate level course is designed for users who use the software infrequently, have recently attended the standard training, or want to prepare for the advanced training modules. The session comprises of a 1-1.5 hour case study where the trainer will ensure that everyone is a proficient user of the software. The second half of the session is taken up by a workshop style environment which is focused on the areas of the software that are most relevant to your business. This session ensures a level of competency in the software that is specifically tailored to your organisational requirements.


New advanced course modules

Each module lasts 1.5 hours; select any two modules to create your custom advanced course. Courses last 3 hours.

It is strongly recommended that delegates have attended a Standard Session before attending Advanced Training.

Advanced Lease Modelling *
Develop your skills in modelling complex and varied tenancy details and lease types, including:

  • Outstanding rent reviews
  • Tenants holding over
  • Indexed leases, including using inflation groups, specifying anniversary dates and hurdle rates
  • Using the rent schedule to review these lease details and manipulate the rental income profile
  • Review of valuation calculations in the Rent Schedule
  • If time permits, this module will also look at minimum uplifts, modelling turnover rents, geared ERVs and single/multi lease renewal options
Discounted Cash Flow and Finance *
Learn how to build your cash flow model, using both simple and detailed rental growth and exit value modelling options

  • Review detailed cash flow options and assumptions and how these impact your cash flow calculations
  • Generate a cash flow from Present Value and IRR targets
  • Manipulate the cash flow and customize the cash flow view
  • Cash flow results, reporting and exporting options
  • DCF sensitivity analysis, looking at the impact of varying growth and exit yield assumptions on your returns
  • Build finance into your DCF model to generate geared and ungeared returns, including modelling multiple loans
Advanced Data Entry
Builds on the standard course to develop your modelling skills in Argus Valuation Capitalisation, including:

  • Modelling zoned and non zoned space and car parking spaces in the Area Schedule and making % adjustments to the rental value
  • Void and rent free assumptions both on current and future leases
  • Break options and break penalties
  • Froth and over-rented lease valuation options
  • Using the rent schedule to review and manipulate the rental income profile, including modelling stepped rents
  • Review of valuation method options and valuation calculations in the Rent Schedule
Working with Multiple Records
Advanced tips for quick and easy modelling of multi tenanted properties including:

  • Creating and using Rental Value groups, Inflation/Growth groups and Capitalisation groups
  • Manipulating the tenancy schedule including customising the view and importing data from Excel
  • Modelling leasehold interests, including ground lease terms, fixed and geared ground rents and valuation options
  • Advanced portfolio modelling, including:
  • Portfolio asset management fees
  • Using multiple currencies within a portfolio
  • Traditional valuation sensitivity analyses, goal seek targeting values and yields, reporting and graphing
Analysis
Learn how to use the Analysis module tools to maximum effect, including:

  • Category analysis - graphical analysis of your portfolio weighting by category
  • Data analysis - in depth tenant by tenant analysis including weighted average lease expiries, exposure to particular tenants or sectors etc.
  • Performance and Projections analysis - look at the projected performance of each property in the portfolio including performance measures such as total return and capital growth over time for buy/sell/hold decisions
  • Rent analysis - apply a doomsday scenario to assess the security of your portfolio income
  • Scenario builder to look at the impact of variable void, MRV and break assumptions on portfolio value and cash flows
  • Use of tag filters to analyse filtered subsections of your portfolio
  • Build forecast files to model rental growth and DCF exit yield assumptions by category, and use these in your cash flow projections
  • How to customise your analysis, sort and group data and generate reports
Workshop sessions
Use a workshop session with one of our trainers to model your project data in ARGUS Valuation -Capitalisation. This can be a half day (3 hour) session, or a 1.5 hour session combined with one of our advanced course modules above - contact us to discuss your particular requirements. Please note we need to receive a copy of the data at least two weeks in advance in order to prepare.

We can also customise advanced courses to meet your specific needs, providing the content fits into a 3 hour session - contact us to discuss your particular requirements. Please note we need at least two weeks prior notice in order to prepare.

*Recommended Core Modules


Supervisor Course
The Supervisor course is aimed at those people who are responsible for the administration and set-up of ARGUS Valuation - Capitalisation. This covers Administration/Supervisor functions such as

  • Installation
  • Master database settings
  • Security - setting up of user log-ins and security rights
  • Templates
  • Multiple currencies and currency conversion tables etc.
  • Controlling master lists


These courses are not intended for general users of the system and would normally last for two hours maximum.

To arrange a private training course, please contact us by email at trainingEU@argussoftware.com or call +44 (0) 20 8238 8345.

 

ARGUS Developer

Course Outlines

Standard Course

  • Project Screen - project assumptions and defaults, setting up timescales
  • Definition Screen – cost and revenue data entry for commercial and residential properties
  • Cash Flow Screen - editing options, exporting to Excel, data distribution
  • Summary screen and printing options
  • Sensitivity Analysis

Intermediate Course

The Intermediate level course is designed for users who use the software infrequently, have recently attended the standard training, or want to prepare for the advanced training modules. The session comprises of a 1-1.5 hour case study where the trainer will ensure that everyone is a proficient user of the software. The second half of the session is taken up by a workshop style environment which is focused on the areas of the software that are most relevant to your business. This session ensures a level of competency in the software that is specifically tailored to your organisational requirements.


New advanced course modules

Each module lasts 1.5 hours; select any two modules to create your custom advanced course. Courses last 3 hours.

It is strongly recommended that delegates have attended a Standard Session before attending Advanced Training.

Advanced Data Modelling *
Develop your skills in modelling complex development projects, looking in more detail at:

  • Modelling commercial space and unit sales
  • Using the wide area schedules to speed up data entry, using copy and automatic fill down features, and customising the column view
  • Using the construction cost breakdown to detail construction costs by type
  • Modelling additions and deductions to tenant rents and sales
  • Using the cost editors to change the cost basis and define detailed breakdowns of costs
  • Data distribution; change cost/revenue timings and spread costs over a cash flow stage
  • Modelling basic finance using interest sets; applying inflation and growth rates
  • Modelling VAT in your project
Timescale & Multi Phasing *
A detailed look at the Timescale & Phasing, Data Distribution and Residual Options in ARGUS Developer, which will enable you to:

  • Model multi phase projects
  • Use phase groups to analyse different combinations of uses to determine the highest and best value for your site
  • Link phase timings to key stages of earlier phases
  • Model detailed data distribution of your cost and revenues, including repeating costs and complex distribution patterns
  • Linking the timing of costs and revenues to your project timescale; change the project timescale and see your costs redistributed instantly
  • Build models based on fixed land costs and/or residual land targets for all or individual phases
Advanced Lease Modelling
A detailed look at modelling lettable units and the rental income from these in your project including:

  • Ground leases
  • Turnover rents
  • Stepped rents
  • Lease renewal options, for extended hold periods
  • Cash flow lease events to review the income profile during your hold period
  • Copying and moving area records between phases
Structured Finance
Learn how to model debt and equity project funding in ARGUS Developer, and distribute profit in any order including cascading and waterfall returns

  • Create unlimited numbers of debt and equity sources of finance
  • Define the order and amount of funds from each partner, and interest and fees charged, and repayment of capital
  • How to include mortgage takeout financing, inter source transactions and a reserve account
  • Model profit distributions on a percentage basis or using preferred and waterfall returns
  • Reviewing finance performance measures and geared partner returns
  • Finance cash flow results and reporting options
Single & Multi Unit Sales
How to use Single and Multi Unit Sales in ARGUS Developer to model your residential projects, including:

  • Modelling unit construction starts over time
  • Building your schedule of sales over time
  • Modelling detailed sales distributions, including off plan sales, sales prior to, during and after construction
  • Sales fees
  • Using sales contracts for deposits and staged payments
  • Reviewing the unit information rows to track the number of units under construction, completed and sold over time in your project cash flow
Operated Assets
How to model hotels, golf courses and other operated assets in ARGUS Developer

  • Defining occupancy rates, asset availability, activity rates etc over time
  • Building your operated asset profile to model revenues and expenditures over time
  • Calculating revenue and expenses including using the occupancy and rate profiles
  • Linking revenue and expenses to other revenue and expense items
  • Create summary cash flow rows, to display, e.g. departmental profit
  • Operated asset cash flow lines and reports
Analysis, Auditing and Reporting
Use ARGUS Developer tools to analyse project risk and prepare high quality reports

  • Focuses on Sensitivity Analysis, Spot Residuals, IRR Scenarios, Graphing and Reporting Options, and the Data Checker
  • Multiple dimension sensitivity analysis, including time
  • Project returns such as IRR, rent cover and profit erosion
  • Options to tailor your reports including caveats and logos
  • Define custom cash flow view cycles
  • Using the Data Checker to find and resolve issues in a project
Customisation, Assumptions & Administration
Create your own custom templates, including currency, area measures, rent payment cycles etc., to make creating new projects quicker and easier

  • A detailed look at the Assumptions for Calculation options, what these mean, how they affect your project calculations and how to set these in your custom template for future appraisals
  • Importing and exporting options in ARGUS
  • Developer including exports to Excel, ARGUS
  • Valuation - Capitalisation and ARGUS Development Budget
  • Creating stamp duty schemes and applying these to your project
  • A detailed look at project options, including Cash flow and Summary display options
Workshop sessions

Use a workshop session with one of our trainers to model your project data in ARGUS Developer.

This can be an half day (3 hour) session, or a 1.5 hour session combined with one of our advanced course modules above. Please contact us to discuss your particular requirements. Please note we need at least two weeks prior notice in order to prepare.


We can also customise advanced courses to meet your specific needs subject to content fitting into a 3 hour session; please contact us to discuss your particular requirements. Please note we need at least two weeks prior notice in order to prepare.

*Recommended Core Modules

To arrange a private training course, please contact us by email at trainingEU@argussoftware.com or call +44 (0) 20 8238 8345.


ARGUS Developer Casebook "NEW"

The Developer Casebook provides a variety of case studies to aid users in learning or giving the opportunity to further practise the skills they learn in training.

  • 15 Case Studies each showing detailed costs, revenues, fees and timings, from simple developments to complex Master Plans.
  • Case Studies cover a wide variety of Industry Areas and Types.
  • Detailed Cost Breakdowns demonstrating how cost items can be broken down and customised to meet the requirements of their own projects.
  • Operated Assets modelling a variety of Leisure and Hotels and examples of Single and Multi Unit Sales projects.
  • Full Reports and Cashflows are provided showing costs and revenues over time as well as final report examples.
  • Questions and answers so that users can reconcile their own files.

ARGUS Development Budget

Course Outlines

Standard Course

  • Brief overview of ARGUS Development Budget
  • Creating portfolios, projects and worksheets
  • Entering a budget
  • Updating project data with actuals and revising forecasts
  • Working with worksheets – spreading variance, contingency, views, adding comments
  • Exports, graphs and reporting
  • Cost code analysis - filtering and sorting data
  • Categories

Supervisor Course
The Supervisor course is aimed at those people who will be responsible for the administration and set-up of ARGUS Development Budget. There are a number of supervisory functions which the course will cover, including:

  • Brief overview of ARGUS Development Budget system structure
  • Creating portfolios, projects and worksheets
  • Setting up system data such as company details and currencies
  • Using the view editor and creating view sets
  • User log ins, user groups and security rights
  • Cost code formats, creating cost code sets and mappings
  • Importing budget and actual data
  • User defined fields and custom categories

To arrange a private training course, please contact us by email at trainingEU@argussoftware.com or call +44 (0) 20 8238 8345.

ARGUS Valuation - DCF

Standard Course
Our standard training course is two days long and covers the items listed below.
Now available in both English and German!

  • Entering assumptions and budget data into DCF.
  • Modelling rent roll and market data.
  • Understanding yield and resale analysis
  • View property level reports.
  • Enter detailed leasing information.
  • Model space absorption scenario.
  • Create tenant groups.
  • Setup general vacancy allowance.
  • Enter debt financing structures.
  • Practice case studies


Advanced Training Course
Our one day advanced training program is designed for intermediate users of ARGUS Valuation - DCF. This course will cover advanced topics of Valuation DCF including items such as Excel Import, Partnership Analysis, Tiered Percentage Rent, and an understanding of how the values in the reports are calculated. In addition, this course will show techniques to audit files that are inherited by the user and include practical case studies.

It is strongly recommended that students complete the ARGUS Valuation-DCF 2 Day Course before attending the Advanced Course. 

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  • Morning Session
    9:00AM – 12:00 noon
    • European settings
    • Project Overview
    • Create files from template
    • Excel Importing
    • Advanced Revenue and Expenses
    • Advanced General Vacancy
    • Tiered Breakpoints and Advanced Percentage Rent Scenarios
    • Sorting Tenant Data
    • MLA Overrides
  • Afternoon Session
    1:00PM – 5:00PM
    • Advanced Yield
    • Analysing Reports to Determine Best Outcome
    • Auditing ARGUS Valuation – DCF files
    • Advanced Report Auditing Case Study
    • Partnerships
    • Using Escrow to Distribute Debt & Equity
    • Sensitivity Matrix
    • Advanced Portfolio Analysis

To arrange a private training course, please contact us by email at trainingEU@argussoftware.com or call +44 (0) 20 8238 8345.

ARGUS Asset Management

Have an ARGUS Asset Management consultant come to your organisation! Work with our trainers to create a customised training solution for your organisation or deliver our standard class.

ARGUS Asset Management Course

  • Using file menu.
  • Creating property from scratch
  • Property setup.
  • Entering information into reference tables for use in analysis.
  • Modeling receipts.
  • Modeling disbursements.
  • Modeling tenants.
  • View reports.
  • Advanced tenant input.
  • Detailed recoveries.
  • Modeling miscellaneous items.
  • Residual sale.
  • Portfolio analysis.

To arrange a private training course, please contact us by email at trainingEU@argussoftware.com or call +44 (0) 20 8238 8345.