Hi Subscriber,

 

At PM College, we wanted to make you aware that PMI is changing its PDU requirements!  If you or your staff are pursuing or renewing your PMP – or your organization wants to develop well-rounded, competent project talent -- you will need to understand how these changes affect you.  Why?

 

As the global business environment and project management profession evolves, the [certification] program must adapt to provide development of new employer-desired skills…. The ideal skill set — the PMI Talent Triangle — is a combination of technical, leadership, and strategic and business management expertise. (PMI 2015 Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Program Updates)

 

Feedback from high-performing organizations drove three changes to certification requirements that PMO, learning, and talent leaders should be aware of:

  1. The education professional development unit (PDU) requirement has changed. 60% of the PDUs must come from education (e.g., PMPs must have 35 of their 60 PDUs come from education )
  2. A new requirement is that certification holders must get education in all three skill areas:  Technical Project Management, Leadership, Strategic and Business Management.
  3. Additionally, a minimum of eight (8) PDU’s must be earned in each of the three skill areas; the remaining eleven (11) can come from any area.

 

 

As you may know, PM College proactively recognized this need, and designed its course offerings to align to the three skill areas, so you and your staff can earn the PDUs required in each skill area. For example, among our most popular offerings:

 

If you would like to schedule time to discuss these changes and how it will impact your project management training curriculum, you can reach our Director of Business Development, Johanna Mickel at jmickel@pmcollege.com. We are happy to review your current curriculum, your upcoming learning plans, and make recommendations.

 

We look forward to hearing from you soon – many thanks!