P3 materials update

Mostly OK, but there are a couple of additions to the December 2014 exam. These are included in the OT P3 material. The main additions are:

1 Discuss how organisational structure and external relationships (boundary-less organisations; hollow, modular and virtual) and strategic alliances (joint ventures, networks,
franchising, licensing) and the supporting concepts of outsourcing, offshoring and shared
services, can be used to deliver a selected strategy.

2 Business change
a) Explain that business change projects are initiated to address strategic alignment.
b) Apply the stages of the business change lifecycle (alignment, definition, design,
implementation and realisation)
c) Assess the value of the four view (POPIT – people, organisation, processes and information technology) model to the successful implementation of business change

3 Principles of information technology
a) Advise on the basic hardware and softwareinfrastructure required to support business
information systems
b) Identify and analyse general information technology controls and application controls
required for effective accounting information systems
c) Analyse the adequacy of general information technology controls and application controls for relevant application systems
d) Evaluate controls over the safeguarding of information technology assets to ensure the
organizational ability to meet business .

I appreciate that we can update our 2013 text books with the OT P3 lectures.

On the other hand however, practicing on past papers or revision kits might not cover the new areas. Furthermore, no new technical articles were issued yet. So, we still have the risk of focusing only on the theory related to the new subject areas.

Can we have guidance on this issue please?

Thanks.

Dear Gromit,
Thank you.