Development

Development or developing may refer to:

Arts

 * Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
 * Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
 * Development (music), the process thematic material is reshaped
 * Photographic development
 * Development (album), a 2002 album by Nonpoint

Business

 * Business development, a process of growing a business
 * Career development
 * Corporate development, a position in a business
 * Energy development, activities concentrated on obtaining energy from natural resources
 * Green development, a real estate concept that considers social and environmental impact of development
 * Land development, altering the landscape in any number of ways
 * Land development bank, a kind of bank in India
 * Leadership development
 * New product development
 * Organization development
 * Professional development
 * Real estate development
 * Research and development
 * Training and development
 * Fundraising, also called "development"

Biology and medicine

 * Adult development, between adolescence and the end of life
 * Child development, between birth and the end of adolescence
 * Development (journal), an academic journal in developmental biology
 * Developmental biology, the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop
 * Developmental psychology, the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life
 * Drug development, the entire process of bringing a new drug or device to the market
 * Embryogenesis, or development, the process by which the embryo is formed
 * Human development (biology), the process of growing to maturity
 * Neural development, the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system
 * Personal development, or self-help
 * Prenatal development, the process in which a human embryo or fetus gestates during pregnancy
 * Human tooth development or odontogenesis
 * Youth development

Computing

 * Artificial development, an area of computer science and engineering
 * Software development, the development of a software product
 * Web development, work involved in developing a web site
 * Mobile app development, act or process by which a mobile app is developed
 * Video game development

Social science

 * Community development, practices to improve various aspects of communities
 * Development communication
 * Developing country, a nation with a lesser developed industrial base
 * Development aid, financial aid given by governments and other agencies
 * Development geography, a branch of geography which refers to the standard of living and quality of life of inhabitants
 * Development studies, examines socioeconomic growth and development, especially in developing countries, and may overlap with postcolonial studies
 * Development theory
 * Economic development, the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people
 * European Development Fund, the main instrument for European Union (EU) aid for development
 * Human Development Index, used to rank countries by level of human development
 * Human development (humanity), the science that seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time
 * International development, usually level of economic development
 * Regional development, aid and assistance to regions which are less economically developed
 * Rural development, the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas
 * Sociocultural evolution, how cultures and societies have changed over time
 * Sustainable development

Other uses

 * Development (differential geometry), rolling one smooth surface over another
 * Development (topology), a countable collection of open coverings
 * Development, a term used in chess
 * Development of doctrine, a term used by John Henry Newman to describe Catholic teachings
 * Driver development program, a program used by racing teams to develop younger drivers
 * MFA Development, a Macanese football club