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Professional Development

How to Record Your PDUs

When you attend a Tallahassee PMI Chapter Dinner event, you earn 1-1.5 PDUs since there is usually a speaker. You can record these PDUs on the www.PMI.org website. For more instructions on how to do this, go HERE..

Earn PDUs with Communities of Practice

Exciting New Ways to Earn PDUs with Communities of Practice

Are you looking for more ways to communicate value to the subscribers of your community of practice? Encourage their engagement by sharing the recently expanded Professional Development Unit (PDU) categories. The chart below shows how each community of practice activity applies towards PDUs.

Community of Practice Activity	PDU Category and Rules
Attending a community of practice webinar Attending a community of practice face to face event	Category A: courses offered by PMI’s R.E.P.s or Chapters and Communities PDU Rule: 1 hour of instruction related to project management, project risk, project scheduling, or program management equals 1 PDU. PDUs may be reported and claimed in 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 increments.
Contributing to a wiki Contributing to a discussion thread Being mentored (applies to communities that have this feature)	Category C: self-directed learning PDU Rule: 1 PDU is awarded for every 1 hour spent in a self-directed learning activity listed in this category.
Presenting on a community of practice webinar Presenting at a community of practice event Blogging Writing an article (for a community of practice newsletter or posting as a shared document)	Category D: creating new project management knowledge PDU Rule: Both the time required to prepare or create this knowledge and the time to present it can be claimed for PDUs. The PDUs claimed in this category county against the maximum of 45 PDUs (or, 20 PDUs for PMI-RMP and PMI-SP) allowed for “Giving Back to the Profession” categories (Categories D, E, and F).
Volunteering on Community Council or Committee Mentoring	Category E: volunteer service PDU Rule: 1 PDU is awarded for 1 hour of volunteer (non-compensated) service. To claim PDUs for service as an elected officer or appointed committee member, individual must serve in the role for a minimum of 3 months.

To register an activity such as a webinar in the Continuing Certification Requirements System (CCRS), please assign someone from the community to be the Provider Representative. Inform your Virtual Community Administrator of the assignment and then the Provider Representative will receive a password to enter information into the CCRS database along with instructions. Lastly, communicate the activity information to the participants.

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New PDU Category Structure and Policies

Follow this link to the latest information on PDUs. Some of the information provided in this section may be outdated.

Click HERE for new PDU Information.

Project Management TIPs: Earning and Claiming PDUs

After earning your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, you will want to take the necessary steps to maintain that certification. There are Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) you need to meet to keep your PMP current. The renewal cycle covers three years and begins the day you pass the exam. During each PMP CCR cycle you must attain no less than 60 professional development units (PDUs) toward credential maintenance.

Overview of Process to Maintain an Active PMP Certification Status:

Attain no less than 60 PDUs during each certification/CCR cycle
Report PDUs with the PMI online CCR System
Complete the online Application for Renewal process which includes:
- Reaffirm PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- Reaffirm PMI Certification Application/Renewal Agreement
- Submit the credential renewal fee – US$60 for PMI members; US$150 for nonmembers
Receive new certificate with updated certification/CCR cycle dates

Earning Professional Development Units

As a part of all its credentials and certifications, the Project Management Institute (PMI) has established the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program. The CCR Program organizes PDUs into five categories.

Category 1: Formal Academic Education
Category 2: Professional Activities and Self-directed Learning
Category 3: Instruction & Courses offered by PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s) and PMI Components
Category 4: Courses offered by Other Education Providers
Category 5: Volunteer Service to Professional or Community Organizations

The PMI Tallahassee Chapter (PMI TLH), our local “PMI Community”, provides a number of opportunities to earn PDUs. PMI TLH is a PMI Registered Education Provider and by attending the PMI TLH dinner meetings the Chapter holds every other month, you can earn 1.5 PDUs per meeting. That means for a pleasant evening of networking with project management professionals from industry and state positions and an informative presentation, you can earn as many as nine PDUs per year, or 27 PDUs per CCR cycle. Becoming an active committee member you could earn another 5 PDUs per year; and holding an elected position in the Chapter will bring another 10 PDUs per year, up to the Category 5 maximum of 20 per CCR cycle.

The bottom line is that it’s fairly easy to earn the required 60 PDUs over a three year cycle; and it’s certainly much easier and less costly to maintain a PMP than to reapply and be retested.

12 Ways to Earn PDUs

Every year, there are hundreds of opportunities to earn professional development units (PDUs) towards maintaining your PMI credential. While courses and seminars are ideal ways to stay up-to-date with project management best practices, many other activities occurring in your daily professional life may count toward PDUs, too. Here are 12 ways to earn PDUs this year:

1. PMI's Knowledge Shelf: Posts your articles about project management and information to help professionals and organizations advance the practice of project management. A team of volunteers along with PMI staff review the articles before posting them. Your paper could be a part of this virtual collection and earn you 15 PDUs under Category 2B if you are its single author.

2. PMI® Publication Quizzes: These are new and allow you to earn PDUs from the comfort and convenience of your personal computer. When you purchase a quiz bundle from PMI.org, you receive PMI-published articles and white papers with accompanying quizzes that test your learning. If you obtain a quiz score of 70 percent or higher you will earn between one and two PDUs per quiz in Category 3. PMP^® credential holders can earn a maximum of 20 PDUs per certification cycle using Publication Quizzes.

3. Volunteer Service: Earn PDUs for providing your professional services to an organization outside of your employer. You could serve as an elected officer or volunteer committee member for a project management organization. Or you could provide a project/program management-related service to a community or charitable group.