How to Add a Competency to a Roadmap

In this article:

• Overview
• How to add a Competency
• Things to keep in mind
• FAQs
• Who can do this

Overview

A Roadmap is a grid: Levels run across the top as columns, and Competencies run down the side as rows. Each Competency is a skill area or theme you want to track across every Level — for example communication, technical delivery or leadership. Adding a Competency gives you a new row to describe how that area develops as someone progresses. This article shows you how to add one.

How to add a Competency

1. Go to Roadmaps and open the Roadmap you want to edit.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the grid and click Add Competency.

3. A new row titled Untitled competency is added at the bottom of your existing Competencies. Click its title and type a name, then click the description below it to add an optional description.
4. Your changes save automatically as you type. To fill in the detail for a Competency at a particular Level, click the cell where the row and column meet to open that competency level and add skills, behaviours and learnings.

Things to keep in mind

• A new Competency is always added as the last (bottom) row. Use the reorder arrows to move it into position — see How to Reorder Competencies in a Roadmap.
• A new Competency starts empty. The cells along its row are only created once you click into them and start adding detail.
• If the Roadmap was already published, adding a Competency moves it back to Unpublished. Re-publish the Roadmap when you're ready for the change to go live.

FAQs

Is there a limit to how many Competencies I can add?
No fixed limit is enforced. The grid scrolls vertically, so you can add as many rows as you need, though a focused set of Competencies keeps a Roadmap easier to follow.

Do I need to save after adding a Competency?
No. Titles and descriptions save automatically as you type, and the new Competency itself is saved as soon as you add it.

Why did my Roadmap change to Unpublished?
Structural changes such as adding a Competency revert a published Roadmap to Unpublished so your learners don't see a half-finished change. Publish it again once you're happy with it.

Who can do this

Owners, Admins, Managers and Content Managers can add Competencies to a Roadmap. People Managers, Instructors, Employees and Restricted users have read-only access to Roadmaps and cannot.

Updated on: 19/07/2026