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Collecting PDUs
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How to Claim PDUs
To sustain your status as a certified individual, you must collect PDUs (= Professional Development Units). For example, holders of the PMP status need 60 PDUs in a three-year cycle for renewal and extension by another three years on a rolling basis.
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Sources for PDUs
LinkedIn articles on inexpensive and easy ways to collect PDUs.
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Easy PDU Collection #2:
Research Project Management Literature
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Easy PDU Collection #3:
Online Media – Webinars, Online Conferences, Podcasts, PM Games
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What are PDUs?
Note: PDUs are often confused with Contact Hours of Training
Contact hours are a prerequisite to becoming eligible for the CAPM and PMP certifications.
They are described here.
Acronyms:
CCR – Continuing Certification Requirements
PDU – Professional Development Unit
PDUs are points or credits that PMI-certified individuals must collect and report during three-year time frames (CCR cycles) to sustain their certification status.
PMI requires:
Status | Categories | Minimum PDUs | Maximum PDUs |
---|---|---|---|
PMP | 60 | ||
Ways of working (= approaches and methods) | 8 | ||
Power skills (= soft skills and leadership) | 8 | ||
Business acumen (= embedding the project in a business environment) | 8 | ||
Volunteering & creating knowledge | 17 | ||
Practitioning as a project manager | 8 |
Status | Categories | Minimum PDUs | Maximum PDUs |
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CAPM | 15 | ||
Ways of working (= approaches and methods) | 2 | ||
Power skills (= soft skills and leadership) | 2 | ||
Business acumen (= embedding the project in a business environment) | 2 | ||
Volunteering & creating knowledge | 4 | ||
Practitioning as a project manager | 2 |
PDUs are best gathered through any form of learning activities. One hour of learning = 1 PDU.
PDUs are claimed at https://ccrs.pmi.org. When the CCR cycle is completed, PMI adds another three years at the end of the current cycle. During these three years, the next PDUs must be collected. A dashboard informs you of your current certification status. This is what it looks like when your status is renewed:
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More: CCR Handbook