How do I submit PDUs to PMI?

How do I submit PDUs to PMI?

Learning Mudra, Category - PMP

Project Management Institute (PMI) administers 10 certification programs for professionals who either belong to or who want to pursue their career in project management field. The agenda of these certifications is continuous growth of a professional. To fulfil this agenda PMI made all the certifications expirable, that is after a certain time the certifications would stand invalid. To achieve this PMI introduced a Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) system, under which all the certifications have a certain set of requirements which are supposed to be fulfilled and the certificate should be renewed before the deadline.

The eligibility criteria of renewal of a certification comprises of PDUs, Professional Development Units, which are one hour blocks of time that a certification holder is required to spend, by doing activities such as self-learning, teaching others and volunteering. These PDUs are made in contrast to the PMI Talent Triangle which comprises of Technical, Strategic and Leadership skills which should be worked upon and improved with time. For PMP Certification renewal you are required to complete minimum 60 PDUs which can be achieved from 2 ways: education (self-learning) or giving back to the profession.

Steps to participate in CCR program

• Earn a PMI certification.
• Participate in professional development activities and earn PDUs.
• Record and report PDUs.
• Fulfil CCR.
• Complete the CCR application and pay renewal fee amount.
• Certification renewal is complete.

Education and Giving Back PDUs

You should first know the calculation of PDU and number of hours. 1 PDU = 1 hour of educational or giving back engagement. The minimum requirement of education category is 35 PDUs and maximum is 60 PDUs. Out of 35 PDUs you must earn minimum of 8 PDUs related to Technical skills, 8 PDUs related to Leadership skills and 8 PDUs related to Strategic skills. There is no minimum requirement for giving back category but if you want to earn PDUs in this category then you can earn maximum of 25 PDUs.

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Common ways to earn PDUs

There are many ways by which you can earn PDUs but the common ones by which many certified professionals (and even you can) earn PDUs to fulfil the eligibility criteria of PMP Certification renewal are:

Education

• Do courses or undergo trainings.
• Attend organizational meetings and events.
• Online PDU or digital media.
• Read newspapers, articles, whitepapers.
• Engage in informal learning.

Giving Back

• Work as a project management practitioner in any industry.
• Create content related to learning resources.
• Give a presentation in a company.
• Share your knowledge with others.
• Serve as a volunteer for PMI.

Steps to submit PDUs to PMI

Education PDUs

• Login to PMI’s website- PMI.org.
• Click on the ‘Report PDUs’
• Click on the ‘Course or Training’ under Education.
• Enter the name of the provider (you are allowed to enter a third-party provider’s name)
• Select the provider from the list (do not select in case of third-party vendor)
• Type three letters in the Activity field andit will search for any activity which matches it in the CCRS directory (in case of third party vendor do not select any activity from the list. You just need to type the activity name in the field)
• Complete the remaining fields on the form ( in case of PMI approved provider you just need to select the dates of activity as everything else will be generated automatically. In case if third party vendor you need to fill in all the details).
• Modify or enter the PDUs that align with the PMI Talent Triangle (in case of PMI approved providers you can just modify the PDU values and in case of third party vendor you need to manually enter the PDU values under Technical, Leadership and Strategic skill area.)
• Click on ‘I agree this claim is accurate’ button.
• Click on ‘Submit’ button.

Giving Back PDUs

• Login to the PMI website.
• Select the ‘Report PDUs’ and ensure that you enter the following details in order to complete the PDU request:
• Name of workplace.
• Address of workplace.
• Starting date.
• Completion date.
• Number of hours completed.
• Consider the Processes and Knowledge Areas that you have used in your practice and be prepared to select each of those.
• Hover over ‘Certification’ or, select ‘myPMI’ and select ‘Maintain your certification: Earn and report PDUs’ which will appear on the dropdown list.
• Select ‘Category F’ under the PDU category.
• Select ‘Next’ present on the landing page.
• Verify if you see that 5 PDUs are already displayed in the blanks and click ‘Next’.
• Click on ‘Agree’ button.
• Click on ‘Submit’ button to claim your 5 PDUs.
• After completing the process, check your e-mail for confirmation mail from PMI, stating that you have successfully submitted your PDU request. This e-mail will be sent to the email id which you have provided in your PMI.org profile.

Conclusion of the Topic: How do I submit PDUs to PMI?

PDUs are an integral part of your Certification journey and submission of PDUs is equally important because earning PDUs and not reporting them is of no point. You need to submit your PDUs in order to avoid the situation of your credentials getting invalid and all of your efforts going in vain. You need to earn 60 PDUs (minimum 35 from education and maximum of 25 PDUs from giving back to profession) within the span of 3 years and submit them for renewal and to remain an active PMP Certification holder.