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Hello everyone,
I’m currently preparing for the ACCA Management Accounting paper, and I’ve noticed some discrepancies regarding the inclusion of big data and data analytics in the syllabus. The official syllabus does not explicitly mention big data, but the study notes and some resources do reference it.
I’m looking for guidance on whether big data and data analytics should be a primary focus in my studies or if I should concentrate on the core syllabus topics. Any advice or experiences you can share would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you so much!
Although Section B of the exam will contain 3 questions – one on each of Budgeting, Standard Costing, and Performance measurement – these only account for 30% of the marks in total. The other 70% of the marks are from Section A and in this section there can be questions on all syllabus areas (and this does include Big Data).
It is therefore important that you do study all areas of the syllabus rather than concentrating just on certain topics.
Best is to watch our free lectures, which cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well. In addition it is important to practice as many exam standard questions as possible and for this you should use the ACCA website and ideally an Exam kit from one of the Approved Publishers (BPP or Kaplan).
If you have any problems when working through our lectures or when attempting practice questions, then do ask in this forum and I will try to help 🙂
Hi John, Thank you for responding
I understand what you’re saying but I’m not trying to just study certain topics, I want to study all the topics which are mentioned in the syllabus and after reviewing the syllabus MA September 2025-August 2026 document for Management Accounting I did not see Big Data present. The Myacca website does have it included in the study notes. My question is whether I should use MyAcca as a guide or if I should use the syllabus guide document.Big Data is certainly examinable (although not in enormous detail).
My ACCA (and, as I wrote before, our lectures) cover what is examinable, whether explicitly listed in the syllabus or not.
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