Cracking Case - How to Pass the ACA Case Study (November 2017)

New fully revised and updated edition of our popular and student-focused guide to passing this unusual examination. We have extensively revised the text to take into account the lessons learned from the latest examination (Piccolo Limited, July 2017), including the new markscheme evidence regarding the importance of background and contract outline points, as well as revisions to the testing of the querying of assumptions. The book also contains some related tips provided by the Case Study examiners at the 2017 ICAEW Tutor Conference.

The new edition further improves our popular and ICAEW prize-winning "Planning & Reminder Sheets", lovingly honed and prepared to keep you focused on mark-scoring points – as used on our July 2017 tuition courses, which achieved a pass rate of 98%.

This book is aimed at both re-sit students and first timers who wish to ensure a pass in this highly unusual examination.

Includes £20 discount voucher against our November 2017 live mock exam pack: 5 realistic mock exams based on the live November 2017 Advance Information, giving you 5 opportunities to practise your timing and technique whilst only reading one set of Advance Information (and the only set of Advance Information which really matters to you). (We are aiming to release the mock pack in October 2017.)

Cracking Case(TM) explains the ACA Simplified "40 Task Approach(TM)" to cracking the ACA Case Study. Organised into 18 Chapters and 5 Appendices, this book will take you through our carefully designed and practical approach to gaining the marks you need to pass. Includes detailed "student eye" views from 2 students who increased their grades by 20 percentage points each between the July 2012 and November 2012 sittings using the 40 Task Approach(TM).

Our unique method is completely focused on the markscheme and unlocks the secrets of a pass through a simplified approach which is radically different from the standard "4 Column Planning Grid" endorsed by many other providers. Successfully used by the July 2014 ICAEW international Case Study prize winner who scored 92% at his first attempt and also by the 2014 ICAEW East Midlands Case Study prize winner who placed first in his region after attending our retake course (having failed first time with another provider). Please also see the numerous other 5 star reviews of this and previous editions as posted on Amazon.co.uk by students we have helped since the first edition of “Cracking Case” was published in 2013.

See our dedicated Case Study website at www.acasimplifiedcase.com for our other Case Study materials, tuition and mock exams.

Detailed chapter listing:

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1. Why We Have Written This Book

2. Case: Some Common Fallacies

3. The Correct Case Study Writing Style

4. The Case Markscheme

5. Our 40 Task Method(TM)

6. Planning & Reminder Sheets

7. How to Write a Good Executive Summary

8. How to Write a Good Requirement 1

9. How to Write a Good Requirement 2

10. How to Write a Good Requirement 3

11. Being Practical - Understanding the 8 Case Themes

12. Assumptions and Scepticism - Evolution in the Markscheme

13. Plan B - What To Do If You Screw Up Your Timing

14. Tips from Recent ICAEW Tutor Conferences

15. Tips from Our Tuition Courses

16. To MB or Not to MB? That is the question!

17. Practicalities of the Exam Day

18. Final Thoughts

Appendix 1 - 40 Markscheme Boxes - Summary

Appendix 2 - The 40 Tasks - Requirement by Requirement

Appendix 3 - Forewords to Previous Editions of this Book (July 2015 to July 2017)

Appendix 4 - Review of Key Learning Points from 2017 ICAEW Study Manual

Appendix 5 - Further ACA Simplified Case Study Resources