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Thursday, 14 July 2011 17:03

Are you looking for more ways to to earn your PDUs?   I am.  The PMI publishes a weekly email on new existing ways to earn PDUs through communities practice.  So I am 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.


Great information!  More detail information can be found on PMI.org Web site.

***UPDATED***

If you are a PMI Honolulu (or Sister Chapter) Member, you can easily earn 1 or more PDUs for each article posted.  See our policy and visit our publications section to see articles from other members.

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