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

Main wikipage: Education PDU

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.

Giving-back PDUs

Main wikipage: Giving-back PDU

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

Reporting 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.

CCRS

The Continuing Certification Requirements System (CCRS) is an online tool to guide you through the CCR process. CCRS can be accessed here. In CCRS you may do the following:Understand where you are in your certification cycle Track your progress against CCR requirementsSearch activities (e.g. courses or events) that award PDUsReport PDUs as you earn themCheck your PDU transcript

PMI Audit Process

As the recipient of a PMI certification, you have agreed to comply with its terms of use, including adherence to the terms of the audit process. The terms of the audit process provide that all certification holders are subject to an audit. In the event of an audit, you will be permitted to renew your certification only after you successfully complete the audit and meet all the terms of the audit.A percentage of certification holders will be randomly selected for PMI’s audit process. If you are selected for an audit, you will be asked to submit supporting material to verify any PDUs submitted. Therefore, it is important to keep documentation for all PDU claims for at least 18 months after the CCR cycle has ended.

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