ACCA P3 Business Analysis

Nature of the ACCA P3 paper

ACCA P3 Paper – Business Analysis – is concerned with analysing organisations, devising and deciding on strategic plans for them,  and dealing with some aspects of implementing those plans. There is a significant use of  F5 topics in the analysis and decision-making stages.

Structure of the ACCA P3 paper

Part A 50%:  a single case study question.  Typically, there are three or four pages of information provided in the question.
Part B 50%:  two from three 25 mark questions. Typically, each question provides one page of scenario information.

Emphasis of the exam

The syllabus  and study guide set out a large number of models (or frameworks) and these have to be known. However, it is rare for an exam to ask for the models to be described or explained. Exam questions expect you to apply the models to the information in the scenarios so that advice can be provided to the organisation.