Strategic Case Study · requirements explorer
The CIMA SCS exam, decoded through task requirements
Explore Task 1, Task 2 and Task 3 requirements across examination windows, then see the patterns that keep returning.
Use the long-run trends to structure your revision, then search by examination window, task and core activity. Official coverage runs from February 2020 to February 2026. The May 2017 legacy material is presented separately as visually checked editorial summaries and is excluded from the historical A–E trend calculations.
Archive at a glance
Requirements organised for focused revision.
Move from recurring task patterns to individual requirements, compare variants across examination windows and connect each requirement to the capability it tests.
The recurring architecture
What each task keeps asking you to do
The task number is not a guarantee, but the long-run concentration is striking—and useful for planning your revision.
Shape the strategic position
Task 1 concentrates on business strategy and the ecosystem, while still testing risk when the scenario demands it.
Loading pattern…Finance the decision
Task 2 most often brings financing and ecosystem judgement together: funding, valuation, stakeholders and commercial consequences.
Loading pattern…Protect value and govern
Task 3 has the clearest pattern: risk, controls, internal audit, governance and the practical response to failure.
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Risk appears most often, but all five activities remain material.
Counts use only officially mapped requirements. Select an activity to take that filter into the evidence explorer.
Competency map
Five core activities. One integrated case.
The A–E core activities provide the framework for the official requirements in this archive. The descriptions below reflect the performance descriptors effective from May 2026, while the counts measure the official requirements available through February 2026.
Task-level evidence
Explore the requirements
Select one examination window or view all windows, then search or filter the requirements.
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How to use this atlas
Turn the archive into a revision plan
Move from long-run patterns to exact official requirement wording, then use the task and competency filters to focus your practice. Legacy summaries are clearly identified.
Start with the patterns
Use the Task 1–3 cards to identify the capabilities most commonly associated with each part of the examination.
Compare variants
Open different variants to see how similar capabilities are tested through different industries, decisions and scenarios.
Follow the competencies
Filter by activities A–E to connect requirement wording with the strategic capability being assessed.
Practise judgement
Use recurring patterns to prioritise revision, while preparing for unfamiliar combinations and scenario-specific demands.
