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How to Earn 60 PDUs (and more) forFREE towards your PMP
Certification
In my articleHow to earn your PMP in just 8 weeksI offered you a
quick and relatively inexpensive
way to earn yourPMP certification. Now Id like to congratulate
you. You are finally a certifiedProject
ManagementProfessional (PMP). You studied hard, you proved you
can pass the PMP exam and
now you are reaping the fruits of your labor. As you continue on
your successful path of managing
challenging projects, Id like to remind you that in order to
keep your PMP certification, you need to
report to the Project Management Institute (PMI) at least 60
Professional Development Units (PDUs)
in a 3 calendar year-cycle.
This may sound overwhelming, expensive and quite discouraging.
Some of you may be too busy to
give a Project Management lecture at a PM seminars (worth 10
PDUs), let alone write an article
(actually worth 30 PDUs) or write a book on the topics of
project management (worth 40 PDUs). But
guess what? There is a way you can earn free pmp pdus. More than
60 free pdus for your pmp in
fact (and transfer up to 20 PDUs for your next cycle) online.
The key is to start early and to be
persistent.
First, download thePMIs PMP Handbook and read quickly Continuing
Certification Requirements
(CCR) Program section. Itll familiarize you on PMIs expectations
on how to earn and report your
PDUs in order to keep your PMP certification active. Then,
follow the links below and start earning afreepmp pdueach each time
you sign up for free on these sites:
1) Earn 30 PDUs in Category 2:
a. Category 2SDL: Self-Directed Learning:
15 PDUs - Visithttp://pm411.org/and start listening to their
free podcasts. 60 minutes of listeningqualifies for 1 PDU you can
claim. Remember you can claim up to 15 PDUs from this type per
each
3-year cycle. Keep a record of what you heard as PMI.org may
audit your claims.
b. Category 2 H: Practitioner of project and/or program
management services:
15 PDUs per 3-year cycle. Did you work as a Project Manager for
more than 1,500 project hoursduring the past 3 calendar years? If
so, you can claim these and it costs you nothing.
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How to Earn 60 PDUs (and more) for FREE towards your PMP
Continued:
2) Earn 85 PDUs (yes, you can transfer up to 20 PDUs towards
your next 3-year cycle) under
Category 3 - PMI Registered Education Providers. And yes, these
are all free:
a. 26 PDUs - Visit the International Institute of Learnings web
site. It has a number of podcasts and
webinars for free:
* 2 PDUsHear Dr. Harold Kerzners 8 Modules Podcasts series on
PMs Best Practices, Executive
and Line Managers inProject Managementand the PMO. These qualify
for 2 PDUs.
* 20 PDUs when you register to take over 20 Webinars offered by
the institute, each worth 1 PDU
b. 24 PDUs - Visit Solutions Cube Group site and register for
two FREE live webinars offered each
month, worth 1PDU each.
c. 18 PDUs - Visit IBMs Rational Project and Portfolio
Management certification training e-kit site.
There are four free interactive training courses each worth 4
PDUs and one free course worth 2
PDUs.
d. 5 PDUs - Visit Provedia Learning Incs site and take the free
course on Rescuing Troubled
Projects worth 5 PDUs .
3) Earn 12 PDUs under Category 4 Other Program Provider:
a. 12 PDUsVisit Rita Mulcahys RMC Project Management, Inc site.
It offers 12 free pre-recorded
webinars per calendar year each worth 1 PDU.
Did you know that Categories 3 and 4 have no maximum on how many
PDUs you can claim? So go
ahead, listen and claim. And keep in mind, not only are you
going to learn a lot by taking these
PDUs, but you can return to many of these sites each cycle and
earn your PDU requirements again
for free. Good luck and share this knowledge with your fellow
PMP-ers.
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