Project Management Institute, Wine Country Chapter

Continuing Certification Requirements for PMP

PMPs must complete and submit a minimum of sixty Professional Development Units (PDUs) during each Continuing Certification cycle. A PMP’s Continuing Certification cycle can be identified by the dates on their PMP Certificate. PMPs must also comply with the PMP Code of Professional Conduct to maintain certification status.

PMPs are responsible for reporting their activities as they occur. They should make copies of the PMP Professional Development Activities Reporting Form, enter the required information, and fax or mail the completed form (only the form) to PMI®/CCR Records Office at the University of Oklahoma. CCR Activities Reporting Forms may also be e-mailed to pmirecords@pmi.org. Transcripts of activities will be mailed to PMPs on an annual basis. PMPs may also view their CCR transcripts online and can also report activities electronically via the PMI website.

All PMPs should maintain a personal CCR folder with documentation that supports reported activities. A percentage of PMPs will be randomly selected for auditing purposes each year; therefore documentation should be maintained for at least 12 months after the CCR cycle has ended.

Qualifying Activities
The PMI Web Site maintains an up-to-date description of qualifying activities that earn PDUs. There are five categories of qualifying activities:
  • Category 1: Formal Academic Education
  • Category 2: Professional Activities
  • Category 3: PMI Registered Education Providers
  • Category 4: Other Providers
  • Category 5: Service to Professional or Community Organizations
The PMI-WCC is an accredited Category 3 Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.). As such, PMPs who attend programs sponsored by the PMI-WCC can receive PDUs corresponding to the type of program offered.

For example, attending a PMI-WCC monthly dinner meeting with a speaker program earns 1 PDU. PMPs must record the Program Number (C213-MMDDYY where MMDDYY is the month, day year of the dinner meeting), the Program Title or Description, date of the program, Category type (3), and Subject Areas covered (see the PMI form for more information). You'll also need the address of the Wine Country Chapter (see the bottom of this page). This information is submitted on the paper forms or the electronic forms noted above. Please note that if you would like to claim PDUs for Dinner Meetings prior to January 2002, you must notify <the PMI-WCC President so he or she can authorize PDUs for those meetings.

Category 2, under the general title of "Professional Activities", gives the PMP the opportunity to get credit for self-development work they do. While the number of PDUs that count toward meeting Continuing Certification Requirements is limited (see the PMI website for details), you can count activities like reading project management-related books, and attending PMI-WCC breakfast meetings. You are asked to evaluate the work you do on such tasks, and to retain documentation of the work you did, but there are no other requirements beyond reporting these PDUs to PMI.

For more information about PMI-WCC programs that PMPs can attend to earn PDUs, contact the PMI-WCC VP of Professional Development.

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