Navigating The PMI Talent Triangle^®

Mike Griffiths is an experienced project manager, author and consultant who works for PMI as a subject matter expert. Before joining PMI, Mike consulted and managed innovation and technology projects throughout Europe, North and South America for 30+ years. He was co-lead for the PMBOK Guide—Seventh Edition, lead for the Agile Practice Guide, and contributor to the PMI-ACP and PMP exam content outlines. Outside of PMI, Mike maintains the websites www.LeadingAnswers.com about leading teams and www.PMillustrated.com, which teaches project management for visual learners.

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Like the Bermuda Triangle, the PMI Talent Triangle^® can be scary. Some people seem reluctant to explore it; they fear getting lost in the details of which PDUs can be claimed in each category. Instead, they stick to the familiar territory of technical project management. But fear not! The Talent Triangle is not so mysterious—and it’s actually very easy to claim PDUs from each category (especially the strategic/business management one).

To begin, let’s look at why the PMI created the Talent Triangle in the first place. Despite being best-known for creating A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide^®), which focuses on technical project management guidance, PMI understands that soft skills and industry-specific knowledge are also critical.

We need the full set of technical knowledge, people skills and strategic/business knowledge to be truly effective. Think about the problems we would have if we missed a core component:

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