Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Immediately - You can watch webinars, read, participate in this community so there is no best time and I would rather say whenever you have time.
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1 reply by Adewale Olajide Lawal
Sep 23, 2016 7:19 AM
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Thanks Rami...It is very important to start immediately as suggested. This will not only help to maintain the PMP status but help to stay relevant with the profession and increase one's PMP knowledge and skills.
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Yeah, don't hesitate, get started!
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1 reply by Adewale Olajide Lawal
Sep 23, 2016 7:20 AM
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Dear Andrew, Thanks
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Alan ZuckerFounding Principal| Project Management EssentialsArlington, Va, United States
Immediately. In fact, if you have previously earned enough credits before the exam and you take a prep course, you can count that toward your PDUs.
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1 reply by Adewale Olajide Lawal
Sep 23, 2016 7:21 AM
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Dear Alan,
Thanks for the information.
I did a certification prior to writing the PMP exam, I hope this can be relevant to claim PDU?
Start now! ProjectManagement.com is the best way to earn PDUs. You can register for live webinars or watch on-demand webinars at your own pace.
According to the PMI CCR Handbook, "If you earn more than the required PDUs in your CCR cycle, you may apply a portion of the PDUs to your next cycle. Only PDUs earned in the final year (12 months) of your certification cycle can be applied to a future cycle."
Thanks for the information, this is very important to stay certified, one need to earn and report professional development units (PDUs.)
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Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hello,
a lot of PMP credential holders do wait with earning and/or claiming there PDUs early on ... that might be a mistake.
You should just start now and look for options to earn your PDUs continuously.
If you just do focus on development of your knowledge and your skills the PDUs came flying by.
You have a ton of options for earning PDUs and learning something here on pm.com.
Those who waiting will be surprised some time .."oh just a few weeks left for maintaining my credential ..." and than they come in stress and getting trouble and may even spend a lot of many to buy a PDU package or whatever ...
You should plan and - just start right now - (how) to earn your PDU’s for re-certification.
First Step: Review the official PMI-site about earning and claiming your PDU’s: http://pdu.pmi.org/
Second Step: Review these links about how to maintain your credential:
? How To Maintain Your PMP Certification in 3 Easy Steps ?
? http://goo.gl/jfUCyh
Finally here are our recommendations for earning your PDU’s:
A very good opportunity to earn PDU’s with less effort and – more important! – on a regular basis is the PDU-Podcast by the PrepCast-Crew:
If you already a member of PMI, than you are automatically a PREMIUM Member at project magement.com also! Did you know that?! And therefore you have the option to earn free Category A PDU’s at project management.com just by watching their webinars and other material.
? (source: http://www.projectmanagement.com/membership/premium.cfm)
Since a regular pm.com Premium Membership is at cost of 249$/Year and a PMI Membership costs only 129$/Year this is a great benefit (and there is a ton of helpful material at pm.com like thousands of templates, presentations, articles and so on …)
Another great option is to earn PDU’s just to continue earning certifications like the ACP-Exam for instance; this would provide you 37 PDU’s towards your PMP Re-Certification; that is more than the half you need and fully aligned to the upcoming CCR Changes in this December!:
Please don't hesitate to ask if there are any further questions.
Best of luck!
Markus
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1 reply by Adewale Olajide Lawal
Sep 23, 2016 7:16 AM
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Dear Markus,
Thanks for your detailed explanation on various ways to earn PMP PDU. It is very important for every new PMP certificate holders to know that the CCR cycle for the PMP certification validity starts from the first day the certification was earned.
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