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Where do you get most of your PDUs?

Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States

I have noticed that many PMP's seem to struggle with collecting the necessary PDUs. I have not, but for the sake of others I thought I would ask this question.

For myself, I have gained PDUs from the following:
- ProjectManagement.com webinars (at least half come from this)
- Paid training (some of this is from the training for the next certification)
- Conferences (I usually attend one or two a year)
- Online conferences offered on ProjectManagement.com (like PMXPO, Talent Mgt, etc)
- Local chapter offerings (attended a PM Saturday)
- Training offered through company (we have extensive online training)
- Lynda.com (just started using this resource that I can access for free through our library)

I know there are many other options, but this is my path. Please share your own path for the others who may be struggling a bit.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 9:11 AM

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Janice Grier Senior Technical Vendor Manager| ATT Shelby Township, Mi, United States

I used webinars at Project Management.com, 20 in each category of the triangle. I found it to be the most convenient as you automatically received credit. However, I currently work as a Project Manager and I Volunteer with my company PM Workshop as a mentor.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 11:58 AM (Updated by author: Mar 28, 2018 2:08 PM)

Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Free online courses and webinars provided by PMI or ...

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 12:11 PM

Rami Kaibni

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

- Working as Practitioner
- Attending In-Person Conferences
- Training & Courses for Professional Development
- Webinars
- Virtual Conferences
- Writing Blogs, Articles & Participating in Structured Discussions

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 1:05 PM

alan rossney Project Manager| jacobs Engineering Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Hi,

work experience, reading, webinars & chapter conferences are best.
for example you can claim 8PDU's for work experience in the 3 year cycle.
1 hour of self directed learning (including reading) is 1 PDU.

details of the max in each category can be found in the CCR handbook at the following link;

https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/...ts-handbook.pdf

sources of on demand webinars are linked below;

http://www.pmi.org/Knowledge-Center/On-Demand_Webinars.aspx

https://www.projectmanagement.com/Webinars...ainOnDemand.cfm

https://managementhelp.org/

http://www.amanet.org/training/web-events....pe=Web%20Events

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1 reply by Dinah Young

Mar 29, 2018 9:13 AM

Dinah Young

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Thank you for letting me know about a few additional sites.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 3:24 PM

Sam Motes Manager II Business Sys, Operational Excellence| BA Systems Inc. Ellenton, Fl, United States

ProjectManagement.com, attending local PMI Chapter, reading and being a practioner. If you have a curious mind, getting your required PDUs is not a challenge even at no or low cost.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 4:19 PM (Updated by author: Mar 28, 2018 4:20 PM)

Michael Delaney Partner| Delaney Management LLC West Chester, Pa, United States

When I first got my PMP 12 years most of my PDUs came from work experience, live events and by doing PM training for my company. Now with a different role most PDU do come from the webinars and online events which are more convenient

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 4:32 PM

Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Webinars and training courses.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 5:45 PM

steve Oluwadun CEO| archers and partners Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Thanks Young for activating this discussion.....very relevant.

Posted: Mar 29, 2018 3:32 AM

Dileep Sankar Project Engineer| Mechon Trading and Contracting Doha, Qatar

This is a great thread for novices like me. A good one for beginners like me. Thank you all.

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1 reply by Dinah Young

Mar 29, 2018 9:09 AM

Dinah Young

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Thank you. I am glad it is helpful

Posted: Mar 29, 2018 5:02 AM

SAMUEL SONAWANE Edison, Nj, United States

I like pm pod cast , corporate education group(CEG).And there are few YouTube videos showing how
To earn free PDUs. Pluralsight also has few courses to earn PDUs

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1 reply by Dinah Young

Mar 29, 2018 9:12 AM

Dinah Young

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I had not come across CEG or Pluralsight. Thank you for letting us know about different sources of training.

Posted: Mar 29, 2018 5:41 AM

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