Do you need to maintain PMP when you obtain PgMP?

Justin Fu Senior Systems Engineer| Parsons Bristow, Va, United States

Do you need to maintain PMP when you obtain PgMP?

Posted: Apr 4, 2022 9:23 PM

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Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Justin

You need to maintain all credentials regardless. For example, I have 8 PMI credentials and I have to maintain them all.

Hope this helps.

RK

Posted: Apr 4, 2022 9:57 PM

Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

To add to Rami's feedback, Justin, there are no cross-certification prerequisites for renewal so if you decided to let your PMP lapse but renewed your PgMP, that would be fine. That might make sense if someone was permanently moving into a portfolio management type role and didn't see the benefits of continuing to maintain their PMP accreditation.

Kiron

Posted: Apr 5, 2022 7:34 AM

Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany

Justin Fu,

the same PDUs count towards PMP and PgMP, so there is no extra effort in maintaining both.

Also, both serve different audiences and have different reputation on the market, so it adds to your portfolio diversity if you have both.

Thomas

Posted: Apr 5, 2022 10:11 AM

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