Appendix

Performance Criteria from Australian National Competency Standards for Project Management (Grouped by Literature-Derived Constructs)

Construct	Alpha	ANCSPM Ref #	Comment
Leadership		No related performance criteria.
Planning—Integrative	0.8319	1.1.3; 1.1.4; 4.1.3; 8.1.3; 8.1.4; 9.1.1
Team Development V	0.897	6.2.1; 6.2.2; 6.2.3; 6.3.1; 6.3.2; 6.3.3; 6.3.4; 9.1.2; 6.2.1; 6.2.2; 6.2.3; 6.3.1
Communication	0.8715	7.1.1; 7.1.2; 7.1.3; 7.2.1; 7.3.1; 9.2.2
Technical Performance		5.1.1	Only one item.
Organization Structure	0.5234	1.2.1; 6.1.2	Low reliability as a scale exacerbated by small number of items.
Stakeholder Management (Parent Organization)	0.7329	1.2.2; 1.2.3; 2.1.1
Strategic Direction	0.7258	1.1.2; 2.2.1; 2.2.2; 5.1.3
Monitoring & Controlling—Integrative	0.9005	1.3.1; 1.3.2; 1.3.3; 2.3.2; 2.3.3; 3.2.1; 3.2.3; 4.2.3; 7.2.2; 7.3.2; 8.2.2	A scale with strong reliability.
Decision-Making and Problem Solving			No items.
Monitoring & Controlling—Specialist (Cost)	0.7638	1.3.2; 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 8.2.2
Planning—Specialist (Time)	0.7396	3.1.1; 3.1.2
Project Definition	0.7971	2.2.1; 2.2.3; 2.3.1; 5.1.1; 9.1.2
Stakeholder Management (Client)	0.6121	1.1.1; 7.3.3; 9.2.3
Administration		6.1.4	Only one item.
Monitoring & Controlling—Specialist (Scope)	0.7747	2.3.2; 3.2.2; 3.2.4
Planning—Specialist (Cost)	0.8166	4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.1.3
Stakeholder Management (Other)		7.3.3	Only one item.
Team Selection	0.8954	6.1.1; 6.1.3; 6.2.1; 6.2.2; 6.2.3; 6.3.1
Monitoring & Controlling—Specialist (Risk)	0.9024	8.1.1; 8.1.2; 8.2.1; 8.2.3	This is a very reliable construct although based on only 4 items.
Monitoring & Controlling—Specialist (Time)	0.6954	1.3.2; 3.1.3; 8.2.2
Closing Integrative	0.7107	7.4.1; 4.3.1; 9.5.1
Monitoring & Controlling—Specialist (Quality)	0.6352	5.1.4; 5.3.1
Lessons Learned	0.9531	1.3.4; 2.3.4; 3.3.1; 3.3.2; 4.3.2; 4.3.3; 5.3.3; 6.3.5; 7.4.2; 7.4.3; 8.3.1; 8.3.2; 9.5.2; 9.5.3	This is a very reliable construct based on 14 items. It is one of the constructs that did not appear in the literature.
Procurement	0.9625	9.2.1; 9.2.2; 9.2.3; 9.3.1; 9.3.2; 9.3.3; 9.4.1; 9.4.2; 9.4.3; 9.5.1	Procurement receives little or no mention in the literature, but this is very reliable construct.
Quality	0.8879	5.1.2; 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.3; 5.2.4; 5.3.2	Quality is another item that is barely mentioned, directly, in the literature (Section 2.5).