Can You claim PDUs for activities performed before You got your certification?

Published: Fri, 06/06/14

 
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Question:
Can I claim PDUs for activities performed before I got my certification?

Answer:
Unfortunately not. This is because PMI wants us to continuously learn after we have earned our certification.
PMI wants a project manager in the "cockpit" who is aware of current trends and methods in project management.
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Featured PDU Activity
Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects
Provider: PMI International Development CoP
Date: June 13th, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

PDUs: Category A - Free PDU

Description:
This webinar will present these common problems and provide specific actions that can help prevent problems and lead to better management and results.

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Mega SeminarsWorld: Orlando, FL 2014
Provider: SeminarsWorld
Date: 23 - 26 Jun 2014
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA

Description:
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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 Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership

Written by: Jack Ferraro, PMP

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Six Steps to Earning All Your PDUs
As a certified Project Management Professional, the last thing you want to happen is to have your certification suspended. Often, once the stress of taking and passing the PMP Exam is over, you step back into focusing on projects and other deadlines, and the need to earn PDUs is relegated to the back of your mind or even forgotten all together. You want to avoid a situation in which your re certification cycle is coming up and you have earned only a few, or worse yet, no PDUs.

So, let's take the task at hand - "The need to earn 60 PDUs within the three-year recertification cycle" - and break it down as a 6-step plan of attack.

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