Giving-back PDU
A giving-back PDU (alternatively known as giving-back-to-the-profession PDU) is an optional professional development unit (PDU) earned in the giving-back-to-the-profession category. PDUs are credits toward re-certification for professional credentials such as Project Management Professional® (PMP®) at the Project Management Institute® (PMI®). The other category of PDUs are education PDUs; depending on a type of PMI certification, that category includes some number of mandatory PDUs.
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Giving Back to the Profession PDUs
PMI recognizes that sharing your knowledge and actively applying your skills is a valuable means to contribute to the profession. Additionally, many find that giving back is an enriching learningexperience that enhances your professional development in different ways. That is why giving back activities are PDUeligible and incorporated into the CCR program. It is important to note that giving back is an optionalmanner in which to earn PDUs. The givingback requirements listed above are the maximumnumber of PDUs allowed for each certification in this category. If giving back PDUs are earned, thetotal cannot exceed the limits listed above.Please refer to the How toMaintain Multiple PMI Certificationssection of this document to learn about the policies for earning PDUs to maintain more than one PMI certification.Refer to the infographics on the following pages for more information on how you can maintain PDUs for your certification(s).
Giving-Back PDUs
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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.
- 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.