MACF Test 3 P26F Strategic Blueprint

MACF Test 3 Strategic Blueprint — Your 8-Saturday plan to 28 July

The foundation of the Test 3 study build. Tells you what to focus on, in what order, and what to expect as each topic pack releases between now and the exam.

What the Blueprint is.

A 10-page strategic document that tells you what Test 3 will most likely test, what your Test 1 and Test 2 have just taken off the table, and how to spend the eight Saturday coaching weeks between now and Tuesday 28 July 2026. It reads the evidence — past Milpark MACF tests alongside the IAC paper series — to predict the shape of the paper, and it's the analytical foundation that every topic pack in this series is built on.

The 8-Saturday plan.

The Blueprint maps every Saturday session to a topic, a deliverable, and a phase — six Saturdays building the core, one full timed integration mock, and a final review-and-debrief Saturday before exam day. Topic packs release on the same schedule, in the order students actually need them:

1. Cost of capital & business valuation — the gateway block
2. Divisional performance & transfer pricing
3. Financial-performance analysis
4. Financing decisions
5. Strategy & risk (rubric technique)
6. Integration + SAICA-Code ethics

What comes with each topic pack.

Three core artefacts in every pack: a topic guide (PDF) teaching the principle from first principles, a mock question (PDF) written in authentic Milpark Test 3 style, and a four-zone solution workbook (Excel) with live formulas and per-line mark annotations. Where a topic warrants it, the pack adds further aids for the foundational mechanics. Every pack is built for the MACF exam room you actually sit — limited open book, with the SAICA Code of Professional Conduct as your only reference and the gearing formula given to you on the paper.

Prepared by David Du Preez, CTA Thrive Coach. Independent — not affiliated with Milpark Education.