F5 Approach

Hi

I’m wondering what’s the best manner to go through the skills papers. I’ve successfully completed with very good marks f1-f4 over the last six months. I’ve heard horrendous tales of woe and pain about this paper which is quite off putting, but, should it be put off until the end?

I work in the public sector so both taxation and auditing (F6/F8) are naturally more intuitive papers to start with as I understand the issues more easily from the day job. I find, F5, although, I liked F2 also, an interesting syllabus, but it has little relevance to performance related matters in the public sector. How can you improve financial performance in organisations that are not predicated by the need to make a profit in the first place? Yes they are often inefficient, but PM in the PS is a very different animal to the private sector. Anyway, F5….is it best to do last, due to its toughness?