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APPENDIX D: PERFORMANCE MEASURES METHODOLOGY

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1: PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY STATISTICS
	MEASURE		REPORTING FREQUENCY	EVIDENCE
1.1.1	Assessment of key ABS statistics against international standards		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	IMF Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) for national accounts, labour force, unemployment, consumer price index and estimates of resident population http://dsbb.imf.org/Pages/SDDS/SOOCtyCtgList.aspx?ctycode=AUS
1.2.1	Stakeholder Relationship Health Assessment		Biennially Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- In depth interviews with key senior stakeholders conducted every two years. - Online survey with a range of stakeholders (Annual) and Senior Executive Service (SES) feedback from stakeholders twice a year
1.2.2	Stakeholder case studies		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- Business areas to nominate case studies for Executive Board approval - Relevant General Manager to approve of content of each case study
1.2.3	Use of consultancy services, Microdata products and ABS website		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- Google Analytics: Website usage - ABS Microdata Dashboard: TableBuilder, Microdata downloads, Datasets available and DataLab usage - Consultancy revenue from OneGov and consultancy effort from consultancies delivered under the auspice of corporate obligations - Media mentions if information is available





STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2: TRANSFORM THE ABS FOR THE FUTURE
	MEASURE		REPORTING FREQUENCY	EVIDENCE
2.1.1	Successful business uptake of new processes and technologies		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	Analysis of Statistical Business Transformation Plan performance reports
2.2.1	Improved staff capability		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- Transformation Survey, State of the Service capability questions, Capability Needs Analysis, count of delivery of capability products
2.3.1	Uptake of Flexworks		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- Flexworks measures: Proportion of employees working part-time, job sharing arrangements and teleworking agreements, APS Employee Census (Annual)
2.4.1	ABS staff diversity		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- Proportion of women in leadership roles from ABS Pay & Leave System - Membership and activity of Diversity networks - Diversity representation from Pay and Leave System/ABS working population data - APS Employee Census (Annual) results
2.5.1	Results of Culture focused surveys		Annual/Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	Analysis of Organisational Cultural Inventory (when next undertaken); Transformation Survey (Bi-Annual) and APS Employee Census results (Annual)





STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3: DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NEW STATISTICAL SOLUTIONS TO MAXIMISE THE VALUE OF PUBLIC DATA
	MEASURE		REPORTING FREQUENCY	EVIDENCE
3.1.1	Range of data integration projects undertaken in collaboration with other agencies, including DIPA		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- Analysis of data integration projects undertaken during the year in collaboration with partners, through DIPA or user funding. - Analysis of secondments during the year
3.1.2	Stakeholder Relationship Health Assessment		Biennially Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	- In depth interviews with key senior stakeholders conducted every two years - Online survey with a range of stakeholders (Annual) and SES feedback from stakeholders twice a year.
3.2.1	Initiatives to use public data		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	Case studies on: - collaboration initiatives to use public data to create new or enhanced integrated data outputs - new statistical solutions which use public data to improve ABS statistical collection processes (e.g. for frames, sample design, data substitution) to enhance the efficiency of ABS collections and outputs
3.2.2	New integrated datasets		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	Analysis of new datasets added to existing integrated data assets and new integrated data assets created
3.2.3	New integrated data methods and infrastructure resources		Bi-Annually (2018–2022)	Case studies on new infrastructure and methodology