Competence Elements of the Canadian PM National Competency Baseline

The Canadian Project Management National Competence Baseline is used to as an assessment tool against which to compare project managers to determine whether they are competent in their PM role. To be competent, project managers require a number of project management specialty skills, business knowledge, and certain behaviours and personal traits. These are defined by the International Project Management Association as part of its international standard competence baseline.

There are 46 total competence elements, divided into three categories:

• Technical Elements
  1. Project Management Success
  2. Interested Parties
  3. Project Requirements & Objectives
  4. Risk and Opportunity
  5. Quality
  6. Project Organization
  7. Teamwork
  8. Problem Resolution
  9. Project Structures
  10. Scope and Deliverables
  11. Time and Project Phases
  12. Resources
  13. Cost and Finance
  14. Procurement and Contract
  15. Changes
  16. Control and Reports
  17. Information and Documentation
  18. Communication
  19. Start-Up
  20. Close-Out
• Contextual Elements
  1. Project orientation
  2. Programme orientation
  3. Portfolio orientation
  4. Project, Programme and Portfolio implementation
  5. Permanent organization
  6. Business
  7. Systems, products and technology
  8. Personnel management
  9. Health, security, safety and environment
  10. Finance
  11. Legal
• Behavioural Elements
  1. Leadership
  2. Engagement and Motivation
  3. Self-Control
  4. Assertiveness
  5. Relaxation
  6. Openness
  7. Creativity
  8. Results Orientation
  9. Efficiency
  10. Consultation
  11. Negotiation
  12. Conflict and Crisis
  13. Reliability
  14. Values Appreciation
  15. Ethics

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