Can I Earn 60 PDUs in One Year?

Published: Fri, 09/27/13

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Question: I am a certified PMP and got certified in the year July 2011. I am urgently seeking your kind assistance in getting my 60 pdus for the CCRS. Before this, my question is, can I earn all 60 PDUs in one year? Are there any restrictions here?

Answer: Don't worry. One year is plenty of time to "catch up" and earn 60 PDUs for your recertification. PMI doesn't say that you have to earn your PDUs regularly throughout the 3 years (although that is the recommended approach), so it is theoretically possible to earn all 60 PDUs in just two weeks.

Featured PDU Activity

Overcoming Common User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Misconceptions
Provider: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
Date: October 1, 2013 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
PDUs: FREE 1 PDU

Description:
This eye-opening webinar reveals the flaws in common UAT beliefs and describes more appropriate models and methods that build user competence, confidence, and cooperation.

Featured PMI Component Activity

 eSeminarsWorld Advanced Risk Management
Provider: eSeminarsWorld
Cost:
PMI Member Regular Rate: $725 (US)
Non-Member Rate: $875 (US)
Date: 10 October 2013 - 24 October 2013
PDUs: 14

Description:
Students who want to apply advanced risk management tools and techniques will benefit from this course and learn to;

Balance the competing demands of stakeholder objectives with project capabilities and capacity,
Analyze the human factors dimension of risk management, and
Evaluate the impact of risks and uncertainties to the post-project realization of value and capture of benefits.

Earn Free PDUs: Read A Book

Each hour that you spend in self-directed learning activities such as reading books or articles counts as 1 Category C PDU (Professional Development Units) up to a maximum of 30.

Here is this week's book recommendation for you:

The Concise Executive Guide to Agile (IEEE CS Press ReadyNotes)

Written by: Israel Gat

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This document compares the eight most popular Agile methods: Scrum, XP, DSDM Atern, FDD, ASD, LSD, Kanban and Crystal Family. These eight methods were selected because they currently represent the most popular Agile methods used by practitioners around the world. Questions on the exam will most likely be focused on this group. For each method we analyze the ten criteria that represent the major differences between the methods.

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