Can I use Contact Hours as PDUs?

Published: Fri, 08/02/13

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Question: I am PMI PMP certified and would like to know if I get PMI ACP certified, are there PMI ACP PDU's that I can use to maintain my existing PMI PMP certification?I am preparing for my PMP Exam and I already have 35 contact hours. My company has offered to send me to a PMP bootcamp where I will earn another 24 contact hours, which I really don't need. Can I apply these contact hours as PDUs for the time after I pass my PMP exam and need to earn 60 PDUs?

Answer: Unfortunately you cannot. Your first re-certification cycle starts on the day that you pass your PMP exam. Anything that you did before that day doesn't count.

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