I had the variant with the large variance analysis which to me felt to be way off what this paper is supposed to be about. The rest of the paper Q2 Joint ventures and strategic alliances was ok and Q3 on IT ethics was ok, but no way you can lose 18 marks (variances) plus professional marks and pass. I have raised my concerns with ACCA, something I have never considered before as there seems to have been a really massive discrepancy in the level of difficulty between the variants this time.