June 10 Exams – Paper P3 was….. Post your comments here

I did 1,2,3 and spent about 30 mins on reading only question 1….paper was ok..but it is so lenghty….just say finger crossed…

as far as Specific model is concerend…its reallly depends on the quality of answer..how relevant it is..if any body use SWOT..but it is relevant and make sense…will get mark…
all the best for result

@jodukwe said:
In my opinion,stage 3 exams should be more like what happens in real life..a business analyst wont be given 1 hr for that lengthy case….probably like 1 week!!..there shd be no ambiguities at this stage..

Exactly!… what do they expect? that a client comes to me with a business problem.. and I give him consultancy with strategy for the next 10 years? this is ridiculous.. how you can possibly attend all these questions in 3 hours? this is absolutely unfair to know all the topics and to fail… so.. is it ethical? 🙂

paper had lots of information and when i saw the first question i felt like someone please pinch me…. he he… wrote PESTEL the a of question 1 and also mendelow’s analysis, in question b i said that problems were substantial backlog not processed, only one week for renewal payment and than the customer would be lapsed and even the repayment cheque had to go through whole the process again even if it was wrong dated, question 2 used the same ratios which were given but non financial factors like hardworking, ethical people, no rivalry in 19 out of 20 region of Ecuria, good infrastructure, privatisation, low tax rate (out of 1200 pbt only 50 was deducted as tax, just 4%), unmatured market….. and in 2b i used porter’s diamond same points but just differant grouping… then did que 4 perf. appraisal was horrible, manager went to pick up children, so funny, uncontroled mesures for appraisal and many other probs, didnt knew a lot about competecy framework but wrole general sense and how to use it in national college and IMF… long paper, i hope to get 50…

it was just too long. 4 pages for one question!!!!

Did PESTEL,Stakeholder Matrix and SWOT in Q1
Did Ansoff and Ashridge in Q2
Did CMMI model in Q3.

I really hated this exam.

@accaite said:
***** GUYS, please read this for your own good!

I see alot of you thought that the exam was really lengthy and we couldnt possibly have applied all our knowledge given the length of scenarios and the time available. Kindly visit

https://www.webropol.com/P.aspx?id=448095&cid=92084973

and post your comments and concerns there. If alot of students say the same thing, our voice will be heard and the time factor will surely be taken into account giving us an edge…..

i did part, now its you guys turn!!!!

I have done this, i urge everyone to do this, as this was an impossible paper for time! It might make all the difference in the end!

I am sooo disapointed with this examiner,this is the longest papert ever.Spent a lot of time doing question 1,really long and detailed questions.Can we say something to ACCA so they consider this when marking the paper.I’m so frustrated.Guys what do you think about saying something to ACCA?I spent a lot of time and all my energy on this paper

p3 was my fourth attempts,in the past three sits,i can only finished half of the questions,(41,46,47)this time,it took me half an hour to read the question 1, hopely only Q3b 7( mark)left untouched. i am very poor at english, so p3 is really tough for me.:(( i am thinking maybe i should quit….

[/b]*******READ THIS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!!

again…i am seeing more posts frmo people who thought the paper was really lengthy and unfair. Please post your comments here on the following link. This could make all the difference in the end

https://www.webropol.com/P.aspx?id=448095&cid=92084973

RAISE YOUR VOICE AND BE HEARD!

hi all,

i absolutely agree that the whole paper was too lengthy..it took me 25 minutes for reading and understanding question 1…

i beleive p3 exam every time gets worst..
i do not understand why the examiner is doing that…

it’s the 4th time i have attended this paper and i know that there will be more!! 🙁

Do not agree on use of Ansoff in Q2(a) – question asked for non-financial measures/indicators – fit,culute , company in a mature/competitive mrkt acquiring an ex-state run company , synergy (or lack of).
Ashridge is about a parent acquiring a company which fits into its portfolio – but there was more required?
What do you think?

This exam was confusing and terribly lengthy so unfair I had prepared really well but felt really pressured with time the B questions were so long and detailed not happy at all I think because of the length I did not get a chance to do myself justice

I must admit with every one here on the forum who wrote the P3 paper. The scenario for Que. 1 was way to lengthy. i think it was a real torture. We do dont expect exams to be easy at this level ,but at the same time, we expect justice to be served for all the time, money and effort we put into that paper. The questions was asking for so many things. We knew what we had to do , but because of the lengthy requirements and scenario in question 1 many of us got stuck. I did not even get to do que1 a which was worth 21 marks. i only started writing about Pestel (two lines only when the examiner said time up) what a disaster. It is so hard when you study hard, know your stuff, but did not get enough time to answer properly. The exam itself was not really difficult , but the paper was to time pressured. ACCA needs to know that every body cannot work at the same pace. They should also take into consideration that we are dealing with people whose first language is not english, which mean it will take them a lot longer to undrestand and formulate their answers.