How can You maximize the benefit of having the PDUs?

Published: Fri, 12/12/14

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Question:
I have just now completed the ACP Prepcast and my goal is to have the ACP certification by the end of the year. If I take and pass the exam today, I will receive Agile eligible PDUs. However, I do not have my ACP certificate yet. On top of that, I am currently a PMP and have my 60 PDUs for that certification already.

Question regarding the final exam... What is the best option to use the PDUs from the final exam?

Answer:

As a general rule, Contact Hours and PDUs are earned at the time when the qualifying activity happens. Not on the day you receive the certificate. So for you, this means that because you have watched The Agile PrepCast over the past weeks, you have earned the Contact Hours / PDUs at this time.

Taking the final exam is just a required formality for printing/receiving your certificate, and does not change the date of when the Contact Hours/PDUs were actually earned.

Arras People Annual PPM Census

We are helping Arras People solicit views of the current UK and international project management marketplace.

Now in its tenth year, the census data is used to create the Project Management Benchmark Report which becomes available in January 2015.

The Benchmark Report serves as the UK's lone official declaration of the status of project management in the UK and concentrates on factors affecting project management practitioners’ earnings, aspirations and professional life. This year the Census has been extended to include international project management practitioners.

To take part in the Project Management Census you’ll need somewhere between 5 and 15 minutes. Go to PM Census and lend your voice to your community.

Featured PDU Activity

Expert Teams And Their Overall Effectiveness

Provider: PMI INPD CoP
Date: December 18th, 2014
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
PDUs: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU

Description:

We all understand that Innovation can be a non-linear process, especially on the front-end of new-to-the-world concepts.It is often counter-intuitive to effectively implement processes that also enable or enhance Creativity and Innovation.

This Webinar will explore several examples of “Effective Process Implementation” that truly enabled Creativity and Innovation.

PMI Research and Education Conference

PMI - AGC Conference 2015

Provider: PMI Arabian Gulf Chapter Date: January 19 – 21, 2015Location: Gulf Hotel in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Description:

PMI Arabian Gulf Chapter presents its biennial conference. The theme is “Delivering GCC 2030 Vision through Excellent Project Management.” This event serves as a forum for project management practitioners, engineers, planners, academicians and management to interact, share their experiences, improve their knowledge and showcase their projects and best practices. A number of parallel tailored pre and post conference tutorial workshops will be held.

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:

Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (2nd Edition)

Written by: Jim Highsmith

About This Book ...

11 Project Management Tips According To the World’s Leading Digital Project Managers

Here is a great article from TeamGantt featuring 11 of the world’s leading digital project managers sharing the scoop on their best project management tips to help us manage, lead, and successfully complete your projects.

Learn the #1 project management tip that has made all the difference in their work and, essentially, their lives as well.