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NewPDU Category Structureand Policies
Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity.The new six PDU categories fall into two divisionsEducation and Giving Back to the Professionasillustrated below.
New PDU Category Structure and Policies
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EDUCATIONAL GIVING BACK TO THE PROFESSIONCourses offered by PMI’s R.E.P.s orChapters and CommunitiesCreating New Project Management KnowledgeContinuing Education Volunteer ServiceSelf-Directed Learning Work as a Professional in Project Management
Education PDUCategories
(No maximum number o PDUs)
Giving Back to theProession PDU Categories 
Maximum: 45 PDUs in 3-year cycle(PMP/PgMP)20 PDUs in 3-year cycle(PMI-SP/PMI-RMP)
PDU Requirements60 PDUs in 3 year cycle
(PMP/Pg
MP)
30 PDUs in 3-year cycle(PMI-SP/PMI-RMP)
 
 
New PDU Categories and Associated Policies
New PDU Category Structure and Policies
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PDU CATEGORY CATEGORY POLICY
EDUCATION CATEGORIES
 
CATEGORY A:Courses oered by PMI’s R.E.P.sor Chapters and Communities
Earn PDUs by attending educational courses oered by PMI’s Registered EducationProviders (R.E.P.s). These providers adhere to quality criteria established by PMI and aresolely authorized to issue PDU certifcates to attendees. R.E.P.s can be identifedby their logo:Examples o R.E.P.s include schools, consultants, corporate training departments,proessional associations, government agencies and PMI chapters. View the searchabledatabase o R.E.P.s and the courses they oer online.You can also earn PDUs by attending events (seminars, conerences, etc.) oered byPMI, PMI chapters and communities o practice. These event listings can be ound onPMI’s events calendar or on the websites o your specifc chapter or the community opractice to which you belong.You can also earn PDUs by taking a PMI® Publication Quiz (reading an article andcorrectly answering at least 70 percent o the questions).
PDU Rule:
1 hour o instruction related to project management, project risk, project scheduling,or program management equals 1 PDU. You can report PDUs in 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75increments. 
Documentation required upon PMI audit/request:
Registration orm, certifcate or letter o attendance.
CATEGORY B:Continuing Education
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) oered byyour employer, another proessional or membership association, or a nonR.E.P. training organization.When only a portion o a course relates to your credential area o expertise, calculatePDUs by the percentage o the overall curriculum ocused on the topic.Report each course separately. Entire degree programs will not be recognized or PDUcredits, only individual courses.
PDU Rule:
1 hour o instruction related to project management, project risk, project scheduling,or program management equals 1 PDU. You can report PDUs in 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75increments DU Rule:
Documentation required upon PMI audit/request:
I an academic course: please provide the transcript or grade report indicating apassing mark. I a non-PMI REP or Community course: please provide the registrationorm, certifcate or letter o attendance, and a brochure or course materials (syllabus)outlining the subject matter covered and the qualifcations o the instructor/lecturer.
 
 
New PDU Categories and Associated Policies
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PDU CATEGORY CATEGORY POLICY
EDUCATION CATEGORIES
 
CATEGORY C:Sel-Directed Learning
Earn PDUs or sel-directed learning activities which are individualized learning eventsinvolving personally conducted research or study.Learning may include inormal 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,coworkers,clientsorconsultants;•beingcoachedormentoredbyacolleague,coworkerorconsultant(Ifyou
  served as a coach or mentor to someone else, report that activity under the  Volunteer Category)Qualiying activities must be relevant to project management, project risk,project scheduling, or program management, meet a specifed purpose, and useknowledgeable resources.
PDU Rule:
1 PDU is awarded or every 1 hour spent in a sel-directed learning activitylisted in this category.
PDU restrictions
or the Sel-Directed Learning category are as ollows:
•PMPandPgMPcredentialholderscanearnnomorethan30PDUsinthe
  Sel-Directed Learning category per cycle
•PMI-SPandPMI-RMPcredentialholderscanearnnomorethan15PDUs
  in the Sel-Directed Learning category per cycle 
Documentation required upon PMI audit/request:
Evidence supporting your reported learning project, including notes romand dates o discussion or reading.
GIVING BACK TO THE PROFESSION CATEGORIES
PDU Rule:
You may not earn more than a total o 45 PDUs in the three “Giving Back tothe Proession” categories per cycle i you hold the PMP and PgMP credentials. You may not earn more than a total o 20 PDUs in the three “Giving Back tothe Proession” categories per cycle i you hold the PMI-SP and PMI-RMPcredentials.
CATEGORY D:Creating New ProjectManagement Knowledge
Earn PDUs or creating new knowledge or the topic related to your credential areao expertise (project management, project risk management, project scheduling, orprogram management). Qualiying activities include:
Boththetimerequiredtoprepareorcreatethisknowledgeandthetimetopresentit
can be claimed or PDUs. For example, when serving as a speaker, i a credential holderspent 7.5 hours to create their presentation and 1 hour to deliver it, this would count or8.5 PDUs.The PDUs claimed in this category count against the maximum o 45 PDUs (or, 20
PDUsforPMI-RMPandPMI-SP)allowedfor“GivingBacktotheProfession”categories
(Categories D, E, and F).
•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
 or pmi’s knowledge shel
•Authoringanarticleforrelevant
electronic newsletters
•Authoringofarticleonanofcial
organization, proessional, orcompany blog
•Presentinginawebinar•Presentinginapodcast•Creatingacourseordevelopingcourse
content or project managementrelated courses
•Servingasaspeakerorinstructorfor
project management related coursesand presentations
•Servingasa
moderator o a relevantdiscussion
•Servingasasubjectmatterexpert
 or a panel discussion
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