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@thao67 said:
I totally agree with you eagledave. I was very annoyed coming out of that exam. That question 1 was just far too long to read and analyse properly. I really didn’t have time to analyse or calculate the ratios properly. It was more of a test of speed reading rather than your understanding of the syllabus. We would never have to do that in real life, so what are they really testing us??? Same for all ACCA exams really. If only they give us a little more time to show your true understanding and analytical skills:((Totally spot on, that’s exactly how I felt, the current format isn’t really fit for purpose and value-adding. And also, based on the examiner’s report, the expectation from us to produce an output of that high level of standard is unfair with the time available.
@fernandomer said:
POPIT was very confusing for me also the ecommerce question – I’m hoping I got a 25 from Quest 1 Qus 2 & 4 were super fair! – Did you classify The CEO as low interest – high power? She really had low interest putting all her duties on the manager…Well, I did put her as high interest and high power and therefore, a key player considering she has an overall responsibility in the project’s success, being a project sponsor, and this is crucial for the company she leads as a CEO. The implication on the project manager is that regular update on the status and progress of the project would be required in order to ensure a quick resolution of any issues i.e. budget constraints.
@fernandomer said:
POPIT was very confusing for me also the ecommerce question – I’m hoping I got a 25 from Quest 1 Qus 2 & 4 were super fair! – Did you classify The CEO as low interest – high power? She really had low interest putting all her duties on the manager…I put her as high interest but low power towards the project itself, high interest because as a project sponsor she has the most to lose so she will be highly interested in how the project goes, low power because she delegated the full time day to day running of the project to the project manager and she cannot directly alter the course of the project. We could both be right, so long as we expressed ourselves properly and backed it up.
yeah i figured that our re pro management -But the CEO is working in the public sector and mostly are politically appointed and somehow the scenario gave me that impression that she had little interest in the job – also at one point she asked the project manager to handle stuff problem – a proper CEO, considering the issue , should handle them him self. But i also put the regulator as high power high interest especially since they can lower the licence fees etc.
Dunno maybe I’m wrong with my interpretation
I was also in the same boat as you eagledave ref question 4. It was such a nice question but I ran out ot time so literally wrote as fast as I could, picking some obvious points just to pick up a few more marks, that’s if the marker can read my writing!
I think the ACCA wants the new paper Strategic Business Leader to catch up with us. At this rate we will forfeit our P1s. The paper was tough. Time management hectic. Q1 disaster.
Th CEO is high interest high power you forgot she has a lot to lose from the project the governing body obviously low interest bout high power and the employers high interest low power
@thao67 said:
I was also in the same boat as you eagledave ref question 4. It was such a nice question but I ran out ot time so literally wrote as fast as I could, picking some obvious points just to pick up a few more marks, that’s if the marker can read my writing!Exactly, I was writing so fast and my hands were literally trembling, and half of my mind says, go on you can do it, and the other half saying, you wasted all this time and missed these marks, tsk tsk.. If ACCA wasn’t that important to me, I would have just said, oh well, better luck next time, but I realllllyyy prepared for it and was following all techniques and memorised the models..then today happened 🙂 Well, I really hope for a kinder and more flexible marker!
Me too. I keep on trying to tally up the marks in my head. Hoping for a possible 35 out of 50 for both option questions. I will be lucky to get 15 out of 50 for q1.
@darlingboyuk25 said:
Th CEO is high interest high power you forgot she has a lot to lose from the project the governing body obviously low interest bout high power and the employers high interest low powerSame here,
Project Sponsor – HP, HI
OFCAST-HP, LI
MBCE-LP,HIQuestion 1. a. I don’t remember what was the topic of the question, can any one just tell me what was it based on ?? Just to recollect it, Just have got blank about it. Can you also illustrate the given scenario of Q1 P3 Sep 2017
In Question 1. b. POPIT People Organisation Process & IT was for 14 marks, I could not guess what was POPIT in the exams, but just attempted in some way, cant remember much on what I have written on this.
Q. 2 Mendolow Matrix was fine – attempted OK
Q. 2 On Project Management and was also fine.Q. 4 On SWOT and Ansoff analysis was also fine.
obviously the regulator is high and high – they have been concerned with many stuff and also have the power to lower the licenses – dunno i might be wrong but its the way one interpret it I guess
Q1 was evaluating using contextual features such as time, scope and structure, capability, and preservation.
All of the questions were really ok, it’s just finding the right and relevant context and points to put under each heading…as well as trying to be analytical
Did 1a ask for a particular format?
OR was is just general professional marks?
I can’t remember if it said report format or not?
Well actually for Q1 I did agree that a change was needed in that the co need to incorporate the online selling of products but I disagreed with the business analysts regarding the abandonment of the dealer network and completely moving to an online platform and that was because co was operating in a very niche market with majority of the customers being senior citizens so I disagreed that the dealer based model is scrapped altogether though I agreed that a change was needed but that should be by incorporating the online platform and not by scrapping the dealerships.
this is a very subjective paper and there are no right and wrong answers as long as you can back up your assertion with anything sensible
Damn right….i left like 35 marks out….never in my whole life….Only God may help me pass….if i did……bigggg IF …that scenario was far too long…..what are they expecting from us ?!?!?
@hassanatcams said:
Well actually for Q1 I did agree that a change was needed in that the co need to incorporate the online selling of products but I disagreed with the business analysts regarding the abandonment of the dealer network and completely moving to an online platform and that was because co was operating in a very niche market with majority of the customers being senior citizens so I disagreed that the dealer based model is scrapped altogether though I agreed that a change was needed but that should be by incorporating the online platform and not by scrapping the dealerships.plus change was supposed to be incremental not big bang
I think the scenario tried to assert time and again that the dealer shops served as a very important socialising part for modelers. moreover nowhere in the scenario was there any mention of the modelers being tired of purchasing from the shop or showing any preference for online purchases. the solely online purchasing assumption was solely made by the business analysts who could be wrong
On the sponsor/CEO and regulator topic. They are High interest, high power and low interest, high power respectively. There’s a similar past question, think it was about a mobile industry regulator.
Question 1 I didn’t enjoy at all. There was plenty to write, but a lot of it overlaps between the requirements of a and b and difficult to slot unique facts under the two points, especially with limited time, there’s not enough time to plan and structure before starting to write. Dissapointed that the usual pestel, 5 forces, value chain didn’t feature, it’s a large part of the subject and usually features prominantly. Almost like the examiners took all the lesser examined topics and threw it into one paper.
Hopefully I did enough. If they want better structured answers, they really need to give another hour. Or make section one’s case shorter. Although I do think it wasn’t as long as some of the past papers.
@dvyn07 said:
plus change was supposed to be incremental not big bangI agreed with TMA in that it is a revolutionary change.
Reason being that they should predominantly be an e-commerce business.
Therefore the scope changed dramatically meaning a transformational change.
The fact that they are there financial statements and profitability ratios were falling meant that the change needed to be quick and with simultaneous tasks as it a change in the entire process being online.
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