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A personal development plan is an action plan designed to improve knowledge and abilities. These are typically developed for career planning, performance management or general self-improvement purposes. In some cases, goals and objectives are planned using a formal analysis technique such as a swot analysis. The following are illustrative examples of a personal development plan.
Project ManagerThe goals of a personal development plan are things you want to achieve to improve in your career or life, depending on the context. Objectives are meaningful steps towards goals. Objectives are typically designed to be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound or SMART. Goals can be higher level things that aren't as measurable.
Customer ServiceA personal development plan can be used to ask for training and challenging work assignments. In a commercial context, such plans are usually agreed upon with an employee's manager who may alter an employee's responsibilities and work assignments based on the plan.IT ManagerThe resources section of the personal development plan can include anything that would prevent you from achieving the plan that is beyond your control. This can include time, financial resources, technical resources, environments and conditions. Resources can also include authority, support and anything else that is required to achieve an objective.
EducationPersonal development plans may be used to identify educational goals and objectives for students. In this case, goals may be broad and open-ended such as a student who is considering multiple future career paths.
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