Protrain Canada - Project Management Professional

CATEGORY A: Courses offered by PMI’s R.E.P.s or Chapters and Communities

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Earn PDUs by attending educational courses offered by PMI’s Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s). These providers adhere to quality criteria established by PMI and are solely authorized to issue PDU certificates to attendees. R.E.P.s can be identified by their logo:

Examples of R.E.P.s include schools, consultants, corporate training departments, professional associations, government agencies and PMI chapters. View the searchable database of R.E.P.s and the courses they offer online.
You can also earn PDUs by attending events (seminars, conferences, etc.) offered by PMI, PMI chapters and communities of practice. These event listings can be found on PMI’s events calendar or on the websites of your specific chapter or the community of practice to which you belong.
You can also earn PDUs by taking a PMI® Publication Quiz (reading an article and correctly answering at least 70 percent of the questions).

CATEGORY B: Continuing Education

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Earn PDUs:
• By completing an academic course being offered by a university or college

OR

• By attending relevant educational courses offered by training organizations NOT registered with PMI. This may include training (or a Webinar) offered by your employer, another professional or membership association, or a non R.E.P. training organization.

When only a portion of a course relates to your credential area of expertise, calculate PDUs by the percentage of the overall curriculum focused on the topic. Report each course separately. Entire degree programs will not be recognized for PDU credits, only individual courses.

If an academic course: please provide the transcript or grade report indicating a passing mark.

If a non-PMI REP or Community course: please provide the registration form, certificate or letter of attendance, and a brochure or course materials (syllabus) outlining the subject matter covered and the qualifications of the instructor/lecturer.

CATEGORY C: Self-Directed Learning

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Earn PDUs for self-directed learning activities which are individualized learning events involving personally conducted research or study.

Learning may include informal activities such as:
• reading articles, books,or instructional manuals;
• watching videos,using interactive CD-ROMs,Podcasts or other source material;
• having formal discussions with colleagues, co-workers, clients or consultants;
• being coached or mentored by a colleague, co-worker or consultant (If you served as a coach or mentor to someone else, report that activity under the Volunteer Category)

Qualifying activities must be relevant to project management, project risk, project scheduling, or program management, meet a specified purpose, and use knowledgeable resources.

1 PDU is awarded for every 1 hour spent in a self-directed learning activity listed in this category.

PDU restrictions for the Self-Directed Learning category are as follows:

• PMP and PgMP credential holders can earn no more than 30PDUs in the Self-Directed Learning category per cycle
• PMI-SP and PMI-RMP credential holders can earn no more than 15PDUs in the Self-Directed Learning category per cycle

You may not earn more than a total of 45 PDUs in the three “Giving Back to the Profession” categories per cycle if you hold the PMP and PgMP credentials.
You may not earn more than a total of 20 PDUs in the three “Giving Back to the Profession” categories per cycle if you hold the PMI-SP and PMI-RMP credentials.

Earn PDUs for creating new knowledge for the topic related to your credential area of expertise (project management, project risk management, project scheduling, or program management). Qualifying activities include:

• Authoring (co-authoring) a project management textbook
• Authoring (co-authoring) a peer-reviewed article
• Authoring (co-authoring) a non-peer-reviewed article
• Authoring (co-authoring) an article for pmi’s knowledge shelf
• Authoring an article for relevant electronic newsletters
• Authoring of article on an official organization, professional, or company blog
• Presenting in a webinar
• Presenting in a podcast
• Creating a course or developing course content for project management related courses
• Serving as a speaker or instructor for project management related courses and presentations
• Serving as a moderator of a relevant discussion
• Serving as a subject matter expert for a panel discussion

Both the time required to prepare or create this knowledge and the time to present it can be claimed for PDUs. For example, when serving as a speaker, if a credential holder spent 7.5 hours to create their presentation and 1 hour to deliver it, this would count for 8.5 PDUs. The PDUs claimed in this category count against the maximum of 45 PDUs (or, 20 PDUs for PMI-RMP and PMI-SP) allowed for“ Giving Back to the Profession ”categories (Categories D, E, and F).

Earn PDUs by providing volunteer, non-compensated project management, project risk, project scheduling, or program management services to non-employer or non-client customer groups.

Examples of Qualifying activities include:
1. Serve as an elected volunteer officer for a project management organization (including PMI chapters and communities of practice). This work must be done for a legally recognized non-profit, not-for profit, or charitable groups and organizations.

2. Serve as a volunteer/appointed committee member for a project management organization (including PMI chapters and communities of practice). This work must be done for a legally recognized non-profit, not-for-profit, or charitable groups and organizations.

3. Providing project management related volunteer services to PMI or another professional project management association. This work must be done for a legally recognized non-profit, not-for-profit, or charitable groups and organizations. Examples may include:
•Volunteering at a PMI global congress,
•Serving on a PMI Members Advisory Board,
•Working on PMI standards,
•Participating in activities for PMI’s Certification Department,or
•Participating in PMI research activities.
*Specific PDU amounts are awarded for these activities based on your level of participation*

View volunteer opportunities online to see how you can earn PDUs in this category.

4. Provide volunteer project management-related services to:
•a community or charitable group, this work must meet the definition of a project as outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
•a group of college students for educational purposes, or
•for being a coach or mentor on project management topics

The PDUs claimed in this category count against the maximum of 45 PDUs (or, 20 PDUs for PMI-RMP and PMI-SP) allowed for“ Giving Back to the Profession” categories(Categories D, E, and F).

If volunteer services: letter or certificate from the organization served acknowledging you for leading project tasks or participating as part of a project team. If coaching or mentoring services: evidence supporting your coaching or mentoring arrangement, including notes from and dates of discussion or reading.

Earn PDUs for working as a project manager (project risk management professional, project scheduling professional or program manager).

For working as a project manager (project risk management professional, project scheduling professional or program manager) for a minimum of 6 months within the 12 month period, you can earn a total of:

•15 PDUs per cycle if you hold the PMP and/or PgMP credential(s )
•7.5PDUs per cycle if you hold the PMI-SP and/or PMI-RMP credential(s)

You may claim:

•5 PDUs per 12-month period if you hold the PMP and/or PgMPcredential(s)
•2.5PDUs per 12-month period if you hold the PMI-SP and/or PMI-RMP credential(s)

The PDUs claimed in this category count against the maximum of 45 PDUs (or, 20 PDUs for PMI-RMP and PMI-SP) allowed for “Giving Back to the Profession ”categories (Categories D, E, and F).