The Project Management Podcast - The “New” PDU Categories and Structure | Episode 204

https://www.pm-podcast.com/204. If you are a PMP® credential holder then you know what the acronym PDU stands for. It stands for Professional Development Units. Every PMP needs to earn 60 of these PDUs every 3 years in order keep his or her certification. The idea behind having to earn these PDUs is a simple one. PMI wants every PMP to continuously learn. Just like doctors or pilots who have to take classes regularly and practice new skills in order to keep their license, PMI wants us PMP® credential holders to learn new project management skills so that we can be the best project managers possible. The rules describing which activities count towards PDUs and how you have to report and claim them is documented in the “PDU Category Structure and Policies” document. In March 2011 PMI released a new version of these rules that is a lot less complex than the old one. So this has been out for about 10 months now, however, I still receive a lot of emails from confused PMP® credential holders who have questions about it. So I went ahead and sat down with Rory McCorkle from PMI to discuss the new structure and get clear descriptions and explanations directly from the horses mouth. Here are some topics that Rory will discuss in the interview Why were the PDU policies changed? We’ll define the rule that “One hour of effort is equal to one PDU” We’ll discuss the PDU Divisions and Categories We give examples of PDU earning activities And lot’s more.