I have been saying I will write a post on CPA PERT Enabling Competency examples for weeks now. The more I want to write it, the more I dread writing it. I have a love/hate relationship with my PERT posts. On one end, I know how much you all appreciate me sharing my experiences with…
My Capstone 1 module workshop just wrapped up few hours ago. If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know that I debated writing a post on this right away. It was a struggle to stay productive after as the 2-day weekend workshop was live with multiple activities (including a short presentation with your group).…
I recently attended another CPA PEP Talk hosted by CPA Alberta. This time, current and future CFE writers got to hear from a panel of four successful CFE writers who shared what worked for them. Some of them passed as first-time writers and some did after an unsuccessful attempt. I learned something new and reaffirmed…
My first thought when I started this post was, “where did the time go?” At work, our year-end concluded in January. Since my company’s parent company is a public corporation, we had a tight timeline to make sure deliverables were completed on time. As a result, I was quite busy when the year started. However,…
I did several updates leading up to most of my PEP exams (except for Core 1 because I was overwhelmed near the end) and thought I should do the same for my last one. I am writing this the night before my Performance Management (PM) exam. Eric asked if I was planning on doing any…
My Performance Management (PM) exam is in three days. It is my last CPA PEP exam and my third writing at home. I have not been the biggest fan of writing my exam at home but I got used to it after I wrote two in 2020. The PM module was also the easiest as…
In addition to my regular long-form posts, I thought it will be fun for me to track my CPA CFE prep in a diary format. They will be less informational and more about what I did or did not do every day leading up to my CFE in September. As of the writing of this…
CPA Alberta has been hosting a series of virtual CPA PEP Talks that are perfect for candidates all over Canada. Since I am writing the CPA CFE in Sept and starting Capstone 1 in May, I signed up for the Capstone 1 session as soon as it was announced. Andrea Au, a successful 2020 CFE…
I wanted to get ahead with CFE study so I finished the assigned readings for Performance Management (PM), my last CPA PEP module, early. Unlike with Finance, I did not use the Densmore package for PM this time. I have heard that PM was going to be a relatively easy module (especially compared to Finance)…
This post is going to be a little different than my usual CPA PERT post. I am not sharing tips, strategies or plans. I am merely sharing what happened when I found out that a particular technical competency I was planning on achieving Level 2 was no longer “possible.” As someone who writes about my…