SBLP3 Predictions June 2017

I would be more confident guessing what won't come up than what will. However my wild guess for what could be on the paper tomorrow would be Project management - Post project review, post implementation review, benefits realisation. Possibly project feasibility Decision trees Financial analysis in Q1. A question relating to the Ansoff matrix Possible question on the Ashbridge parenting matrix including the rationale for parents adding value (synergies, portfolio managers, developers). A question on the SFA test. Swimlanes are another possibility. As is big data. Porters diamond hasn't been asked for a while nor has strategy lenses. What I am not expecting, but know a least something about just to stay on the safe side, includes the BCG matrix, the contextual features of change and types of change, Harmon, software choice and a question on people. If a question that's similar to Mar/Jin hybrid Q1 comes up in Q1 I think I will ask to be excused from the exam hall and drive home lol. That wasn't my strongest question being honest.

Hi....i would add to the above topics for part B like: -Minzberg' structural configurations -integrated reporting -Big data -benchmarking Good luck!

Some great suggestions above. For me at least: Q1 50 Marks A question that requires the use of: S - PESTEL / 5 Forces / Diamond A - Mendelow / Cultural Web or Organ Config / Finance analysis ratios F - Some variation to apply 9M's Optional questions: Integrated reporting Value chain Project Management (Probably for an e-business) Obviously this is completely speculative but they seem to be fairly hot topics.

I forgot to mention PESTEL....since June 2015 wasn't fully examined, just in June 2016 there was a question for just 7 marks......also CRM might come. I hope we don't get forecasting or ABC....

I also hope we don't get forecasting. I looked at that and had forgotten it since F5, and now it's not even on the F5 syllabus anymore! You would have to remember F3 I think to remember it. When studying it I found it too boring, uninteresting, and useless so I decided that is the one area I will take a risk on and hope it doesn't come up. It's a load of horse droppings if you ask me. At least the majority of the rest of P3 is interesting CSFs and KPIs are another small area that could creep up.There's a technical article up there about them.

Me to....did the same with forecasting, i read the article but i thought that i will need to much time to really understand what is happening there and i preferred using my time for studying something else...and in the worst case and it comes up, lets hope is in Section B. Good luck!

Forecasting has practical application in most financial planning & analysis teams. Modern firms update their annual budget using forecasts quarterly to confirm targets remain relevant, accurate and fair. I would imagine given that strategy is forward looking that a question might invite the use of linear regression (simple) or time series (factors seasonality) to provide a projection. I think the point of this is exam is not to necessarily understand the maths but more how they can be applied to equip stakeholders with an outlook in a changing environment. CSF's & KPI's can be linked with Mission Statements too, this was assessed in a previous exam paper.