YOU PASSED THE PMP EXAM ... NOW WHAT? Congratulations! All that dedication and studying you put into your PMP® training have finally paid off. But, remember this is not the end of the road. It’s important for you to continue your hard work and maintain your PMI credential. After earning a PMI credential, certified Project Managers must demonstrate their commitment to the profession and continuous learning by accumulating 60 PDUs (Professional Development Units) over a 3-‐year period within PMI's Continuing Certification Requirements System (CCRS) program. One PDU is equal one hour of “Learning” activity”. The purpose of PDUs is to keep you engaged, focused and growing professionally. As a PMI certificate holder, you should have a plan to maintain your credential, by following some common sense rules:
REVIEW PMI INSTRUCTIONS Review PMI’s CCRS website to learn more about the latest information about your PDU claiming activities, how to get credit for your PDUs, different PDU categories, different ways to earn PDUs, etc. Our website also offers some of that information through various articles.
DOCUMENT & RECORD Document and keep a specific folder on your computer to keep all your trainings and PDU paperwork. Keep copies of the training materials, slides, PMI Activity Numbers, number of training hours, name of organization/instructor, and some contact names.
AVOID PROCRASTINATING Develop a plan and a strategy for getting PDUs as soon as your new cycle starts.
REPORT & CLAIM Report trainings and PDU activities immediately after completion. The more you delay the reporting, the less you will remember some details such as dates, PMI Activity Numbers, number of hours, certificate hard copies, name and reference of the organization and the instructor, etc..
TRANSFER EXCESS PDUS Accumulate more PDUs than required, and transfer PDUs from one 3-‐year cycle to the next. You are allowed to transfer as many as 20 PDUs to your next cycle, which will reduce some of your headache next time.
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