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Professional development is akin to engineering. It involves a specific set of steps that when acted on create a specific outcome. In the case of professional development the outcome is a greater level of personal capability to perform. This material takes you step by step through the process of professional development. In addition, it provides literally hundreds of examples of different competencies and skill sets to sharpen your focus. Take charge of your own development. Take control over your own performance. Take ownership of your opportunities. Take your success to the next level.

Competence creates change, change destroys competence. Today like never before keeping your skills current is essential to enabling you to create and pursue the types of opportunities that are important to you. This material helps you do that by showing you how to create lasting development that supports both the individual and the organization.

This material uses the Socratic method, questions, to guide the reader to a high level of understanding of Agile project management and software development as well as a deep awareness of how it can work to improve performance in their own organization.