If you are a certified project manager, and - in particular - if you hold a certification from The Project Management Institute (PMI)® then you know that your certification has to be renewed every three years. The process is quite simple:
- After you are certified you have to earn a specified number of professional development units (PDUs)
- If you are a Project Management Professional (PMP)® the number is 60, and for a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® it's 30
- You'll have to report your PDUs with PMI® and at the end of the three years you pay the renewal fee, which starts the next 3-year cycle for you to earn the next set of PDUs
But... where do you find those PDUs? And how do you find free PDUs?
Well... you have come to the right place because over the last decade, I have published 458 episodes here on The PM Podcast, and most of them qualify for free PMI PDUs.
So here is the recording of a recent live stream where I presented how to earn PDUs from this very podcast. As always, with lots of questions from the audience.
Question:
PMI has tons of guides and standards, for example for WBS, Scheduling, Project Estimating and others. I imagine it is considered an obligation to read A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) as I read, but the Agile Practice for example I didn't read, I just saw the PM PrepCast videos about the subject.
So if I read the Agile Practice guide, or any other guide/standard can it be counted as a Technical PDU?
Thank you!
- Bruno Sena Maia
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Impact of the Digital Revolution on the Accounting Profession
Date: February 3, 2021
Time: 11:00 PM EST
Presenter: Gary Cokins
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PDU Podcast Student Review
"After I passed the PMP exam, I was concerned about what I would need to do to maintain my certification. I'm already running around to seminars and conferences in order to maintain my other certifications. But then Cornelius came to the rescue! The PDU Podcast is so convenient that I can enjoy these podcasts whenever I can fit them into my schedule. I've gained some interesting insights, learned how to handle
challenging situations and have been introduced to some fun, new authors. Job well done!"
- Barb MacDonald
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Managing Risk on Projects with Carl Pritchard
Provider: SeminarsWorld®
Date: February 22 - 23, 2021
Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm PST
PDU: 14 CEUs: 1.4
Location: Live Virtual Workshop
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