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Last Updated: 2026-10-16
Steps: Set Up Development Items

Steps: Set Up Development Items

Configure security for these domains in the Career and Development Planning and Performance Enablement functional areas:
  • Self-Service: Development Items
  • Worker Data: Development Items
  • (Optional)
    Self-Service: Delete Development Item
  • (Optional)
    Worker Data: Delete Development Item
You can configure development items for workers. When development items are enabled in Workday, workers can create development items to note career and personal development expectations outside of their functional goals.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Development Item Statuses
     task.
    You can add or update statuses to track the progress of worker development items. You need to map each development item status in your tenant to a Workday-delivered status.
    When you enable Talent Optimization in Career Hub, Workday surfaces development items on the
    Plan
     page in the
    Career Hub
    . Workers can view their development items with a Workday-delivered status of:
    • Not Started
       or
      In Progress
       on the
      To Do
       tab of the
      Plan
       page.
    • Completed
       on the
      Completed
       tab of the
      Plan
       page.
    For more information, see Concept: Career Hub.
    Workers can access all their development items, including those with the Workday-delivered
    Not Applicable
     status, on the
    My Development Items
     report.
  2. (Optional) Access the
    Maintain Development Item Categories
     task.
    Create categories if you want to organize or group your development items. Example: Creating a course work and training category for development items that involve formal learning.
    Security:
    • Set Up: Skills and Experience
       domain in the Worker Profile and Skills functional area.
    • Set Up: Talent
       domain in the Talent Pipeline functional area.
  3. (Optional) To configure options in the
    Relates To
     prompt, access the
    Configure Talent Tags
     task to set up talent tags for development items.
    You can enable workers to link their development items to competencies, job profiles, or work experience.
    Example: Amy is improving her spoken French for a required language on the Regional Sales Manager for Eastern Canada position, so she chooses the
    Sales Manager
     job profile associated with her target role in
    Relates To
    .
    Security:
    Set Up: Talent
     domain in the Talent Pipeline functional area.