PDU

PDU is the acronym for professional development unit, which is a credit toward re-certification for professional credentials such as Project Management Professional® (PMP®) at the Project Management Institute® (PMI®).

Education PDUs

Learning activities that allow you to broaden your knowledge in one of the PMI Talent Triangle skill areas: Technical, Leadership, or Strategic and Business Management.

PMI Talent Triangle®

Skill Area	Definition
Technical	Knowledge, skills and behaviors related to specific domains of project, program and portfolio management. The technical aspects of performing your job/role.
Leadership	Knowledge, skills and behaviors involved in the ability to guide, motivate and/or direct others to achieve a goal.
Strategic & Business Management	Knowledge of and expertise in the industry/organization, helping you align your team in a way that enhances performance and better delivers business outcomes.

PDU Claim Code

PMI, R.E.P. or Chapter provided 10 digit code. The PDU Claim code is a new feature that will allow you to more easily claim PDUs from a PMI approved education provider. A PDU claim code can be issued by any PMI approved education provider including PMI, R.E.P.s, PMI chapters, and the PMI Global Accreditation Council.

The PDU claim code will be a 10 digit alpha-numeric value unique to each course (example: 200068JJYM). The PDU claim code can also end in a '-S' if you attended an event.

If you do not have a PDU Claim Code you can still claim PDUs by selecting one of the education categories below and entering the provider and activity information.

Course or Training

In person or virtual classes, formal education. Types of activities include

• Educational events held by PMI chapters,
• Instructor-led e-learning courses,

Courses offered by:

• PMI SeminarsWorld®,
• PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s),
• Programs accredited by the PMI Accreditation Center (GAC),
• general training organizations

Organization Meetings

Chapter, company, or professional meetings limited to 2 PDUs. Activities include (but are not limited to):

• Educational sessions at industry conferences
• PMI chapter or local events
• Meetings focused on areas of the PMI Talent Triangle.

These activities are limited to 1-2 PDUs.

Online or Digital Media

Pre-recorded Webinars, Podcasts, digital recordings. Activities include self-paced learning activities that were conducted online or offered through different forms of digital media like webinars, podcasts, interactive CD-ROM, and videos.

Read

Books, articles, blogs. Qualifying reading materials include (but are not limited to) informational, non-fiction books, articles, white papers, or blogs.

Informal Learning

Structured discussions with other professionals or mentors. Activities include (but are not limited to) mentoring sessions, panel discussions, lunch and learn sessions, or other structured discussions.

Giving-Back PDUs

Activities that enable you to share and apply your knowledge and skills as a means to contribute to and help build the profession.

Work as a Practitioner

Working in a profession related to your certification. The number of PDUs claimed once per cycle should be generally equivalent to the amount of time you were actively working within the profession. For example:

• If you were actively working within the profession for the entire 3 years of your certification cycle, the maximum allowable PDU value can be claimed (8 for PMP, PgMP, PfMP, and PMI-PBA; 4 for PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP)
• If you were actively working within the profession for half of your certification cycle, half of the maximum allowable PDU value can be claimed (4 for PMP, PgMP, PfMP, and PMI-PBA; 2 for PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP)

Create Content

Authoring books or articles, creating webinars. Activities that enable you to share and apply your knowledge and skills as a means to contribute to and help build the profession. Some examples include:

• Writing books, articles, white papers, or blogs
• Creating webinars or presentations

Give a Presentation

Preparing for and speaking or presenting. Activities include presentations you delivered at a PMI chapter event, other professional conference, or internally at your organization, which relate to your certification.

Share Knowledge

Serving as a moderator, SME, or mentor. Activities in which you shared project management knowledge with others through serving as a mentor, teacher, coach, or simply applied your subject matter expertise.

Volunteer

Volunteering without compensation. Activity that relates to your certification and contributes to advancing knowledge or practice within the profession.

Report PDUs

You are responsible for recording your PDU activities as they occur. The most efficient way to record PDUs is by using CCRS. You must record your PDUs and complete the renewal process before your CCR cycle ends to maintain an active certification status. If you do not earn and record the required PDUs within your CCR cycle, your certification will be suspended. Refer to the Certification Statussection of this handbook for more details.

See also

• https://www.pmi.org/certifications/maintain/requirements
• https://www.pmi.org/certifications/maintain/earn-pdus/education
• https://www.pmi.org/membership/free-pdus
• https://www.pmi.org/learning/courses/60-pdu-project-management-course-bundle
• https://www.pmi.org/certifications/maintain/earn-pdus/plan-development-talent-triangle
• https://www.pmi.org/learning/training-development/reps/find
• https://www.pmi.org/learning/courses/certification-maintenance-toolkit
• https://ccrs.pmi.org/search