[Betty Boop]

Hi, thank you for your advice, i undesrtand what you are saying and I know its neutral factor to pass the exams but these were my last exams and after august results I should be done.
hence why I need to write up my 3 years work experience which i already have and was wondering if anyone can give me guidance as to how approach and how much detail i need to go in for it to be acceptable by ACCA.
Thanks

[Betty Boop]

hi,

I would take P1&P3 together.They are very much linked and its all theory.
P2 is more difficult and more numbers based.

Although P3 also goes well with P5. It all depedns on what option papers you are planning to do.

I picked exams that were interlinked and also looked at exam dates. I had at aleast day in between exams. ie. P1 is on mondays and P3 on wednesdays.

Hope this helps.

[Betty Boop]

It will all depend on when you registered for ACCA. I registered after 2008 and I had to do P1, 2 &3 first before attamepting any options modules.
Ring ACCA, its the easist way and ask them.

p.s. if you really really want to try P1 & P4 before attemting others, you can always enter yourself for the exama and not attempt it. It’ll only cost you exam fees.

[Betty Boop]

Hi, this is the list i’m working on……

If they ASK FOR – You need:

Strategy planning – J,S+W model
Stakeholder Analysis – Mendelow’s matrix
Competitive enrironment – Portest 5 forces
Environmental analysis – PESTEL
Strengths + Weaknesses – Resourse Audit
Positional Analysis – SWOT
How we have Comp adv – Value Chain
How to get Comp Adv – generic strategies
evaluate strategy – J,S+W strategy
suggesttrateguc options – Ansoff’s matrix
Which process to change – Harmon’s matrix
Step by step process for change – Harmons methodology
marketing ideas – 7Ps
should we go emarketing – 6Is
quality(one process) – Six Sigma
Software develpment – V Model
quality assurance – CMMI
organissational structure – Mintzberg
Culture – Cultural web
change process – Lewin
Leadership – Kottr + Schlesinger

hope this helps!!!

[Betty Boop]

think monte carlo was f9 topic…. none of the major P4 topics were examined though… where was MIRR’s? APV’s? WACC’s? Forex and Interest rate hedging techniques?! I just hope I got 50%!:(

[Betty Boop]

I felt Q4 and Q5 were ok, but if I pick up 10 marks combined from Q1 and Q2 I am happy. Dissappointed none of the hedging techniques came up, spent so much time on it….. 🙁

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