Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
If you have cycled your PDU's early, unable to earn PDU's until a given future date, do you (or would you) still report PDU's to PMI as you watch webinar's, listen to podcasts, etc.?
Context - I cycled early, not able to earn PDU's toward my next cycle until 2019. I of course still am still active in the community; including watching and listening to PM related content, participating here, reading, etc. I have not been reporting these PDU's to PMI, but now considering if a gap in my PDU history will 'look bad'.
AKSHAY JAINPlanning Group Leader| YOKOGAWA, BahrainGwalior, Mp, India
Though PMI expect 60 PDU in three years cycle you earn gradually or just in 3 days does not matter but I think still good to record PDU's for our own tracking and in certain considerations it may be useful, reporting PDU's are not a time consuming task.
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1 reply by Drew Craig
Dec 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Drew Craig
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Thanks for the input. True, not a difficult task, but not always convenient. But you're definitely right, I should have a story regardless if they 'count'
I really understand what you mean by "a gap in PDU history". But if you watch the webinars on here, PM.com, PDUs might be automatically reported to your PMI account. It is really good opportunity to learn more about the other dimensions of PM.
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1 reply by Drew Craig
Dec 04, 2016 11:47 AM
Drew Craig
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^ Oh, that is true. Good. At least some of them are recorded then.
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Dec 04, 2016 10:56 AM
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I really understand what you mean by "a gap in PDU history". But if you watch the webinars on here, PM.com, PDUs might be automatically reported to your PMI account. It is really good opportunity to learn more about the other dimensions of PM.
^ Oh, that is true. Good. At least some of them are recorded then. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Dec 04, 2016 7:45 AM
Replying to AKSHAY JAIN
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Though PMI expect 60 PDU in three years cycle you earn gradually or just in 3 days does not matter but I think still good to record PDU's for our own tracking and in certain considerations it may be useful, reporting PDU's are not a time consuming task.
Thanks for the input. True, not a difficult task, but not always convenient. But you're definitely right, I should have a story regardless if they 'count' Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Hi Andrew,
I have the same situation as yours exactly. I do not report manually any PDU's anymore but all PDU's for watching Webinars, attending Virtual Conferences are automatically reported so you will have no gap at all.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Dec 05, 2016 6:11 AM
Replying to Drew Craig
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Rami, Vincent, Anupam
Thank you. Yes. All of your feedback is absolutely helpful. I'm in total agreement. Another reason this community is so great.
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
I'm in that exact position now. I just completed the 20 PDUs I can apply to my next cycle, and I can't start earning the remaining 40 PDUs until November.
I'm not going to report the PDUs I earn between now and November because PMI won't care about the nine month gap that will appear in my PDU record, and the gap won't negatively affect me in any way. If there's no objective benefit to be realized by reporting the PDUs, then doing so is gold plating from a project management standpoint.
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