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Paper P3 Changes for the December 2014 exams

VIVA

Syllabus changes:

There have been several minor amendments to the syllabus.

In addition, there have been two subject areas added:

Business change:

Explain that business change projects are initiated to address strategic alignment.

Apply the stages of the business change lifecycle.

Assess the value of the four view (POPIT – people, organisation, processes and information technology) model to the successful implementation of business change

Principles of information technology:

Advise on the basic hardware and software infrastructure required to support business information systems

Identify and analyse general information technology controls and application controls required for effective accounting information systems

Evaluate controls over the safeguarding of information technology assets to ensure the organizational ability to meet business objectives.

 

Format changes:

There is no change to the format of the exam. It will remain a three-hour paper, with 15 minutes reading time.

There will be two sections to the exam:

Section A will be a compulsory 50 mark question.

Section B will be a choice of two from three 25 mark questions.

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  1. chandhini says

    November 4, 2014 at 11:11 am

    Are six sigma and V lifecycle models still part of the syllabus?

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    • Ken Garrett says

      November 4, 2014 at 2:18 pm

      These subjects haven’t been on the P3 syllabus for several years.

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      • chandhini says

        November 6, 2014 at 9:13 am

        But they were part of the Jun and Dec 14 questions. Was wondering if they’re still relevant or not. 🙂

  2. hussnain4044 says

    October 17, 2014 at 8:35 am

    any text or lecture realting to these changing…… ?

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    • Ken Garrett says

      October 17, 2014 at 8:56 am

      Lectures can be found here: https://opentuition.com/acca/p3/acca-p3-lectures/

      The notes are also updated.

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      • Thivya says

        November 3, 2014 at 5:09 am

        Thank you!

  3. oyun says

    August 13, 2014 at 7:31 am

    Please, is it possible to have video lectures on these changes?
    Thank you very much!

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  4. hassan says

    August 11, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    lectures on these changes r available here?

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