HR · Development · Component
The development plan
What a person is working towards, why it matters to them and to the organisation, and what will actually change to make it happen.
The deliverable
What it is
Most development plans fail at the same point: they name an ambition and change nothing about the person’s week. Development happens in the work or it does not happen.
The plan is a joint artefact. One written for someone rather than with them is a performance instruction with a friendlier heading.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The objective
What capability the person is developing, stated so that progress would be visible.
3 attributes: Capability · Objective · Level target
LearnThe route
How the capability will actually be built — the work, the support, and the small share that is training.
3 attributes: Activity · Support · What gets dropped
LearnThe review point
When the plan is looked at again, set at the point it is written.
2 attributes: Review date · Status
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Name what gets dropped to make room. A development plan that only adds does not survive a busy quarter.
The other components in development
The assignment record
The consequential work people were given in order to develop — which is where capability is actually built.
LearnThe capability check
Whether the capability actually improved, assessed on evidence rather than on effort or attendance.
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