Gantthead.com is a website that provides a wealth of IT Project Management information In addition, each May, Gantthead.com pulls together a virtual conference that provide a full day of relevant presentations; that’s 7.5 Category A PDU’s !
I’ve always been an advocate of mentoring and growing people. Mentorship is perhaps one of the most important personal and career success drivers. Mentorship provides you an opportunity to: Continue reading “Mentorship – A Worthwhile Experience” »
I recently developed a presentation that summarizes PMI’s new PMP categories that went into effect March 1, 2011. I thought I would make the presentation available to this community. In summary there are three key themes in my opinion; simplicity, easiness, and cheaper. You can download the presentation here.
The following article is a guest column by Ann Hale, PMP
PMs are a busy bunch of folks. Taking time away from clients/project obligations to attend training to obtain your PDUs can be a challenge. Another challenge is budget constraints. I stumbled upon a web site provided through Boston University that offers free webinars on project related topics: http://www.butrain.com/.
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The following article is a guest column by Louise Fontaine, PMP.
In early 2010, I had registered 60 PDUs for my current cycle that ended Feb 25, 2011 so I started wondering how I could carry over my additional PDUs. The PMP Handbook on PMI.org provided the following statement:
“If you earned more than the required PDUs in your CCR cycle, you may apply the following amounts of PDUs to your next certification/CCR cycle. (Table shows PMPs can carry over a maximum of 20 PDU’s). Only PDU’s earned in the final year (12 months) of your certification cycle can be transferred.”
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The PMI Educational Foundation or PMIEF is a non-profit organization aimed at educating youth on the principles of project management. I focus on them here for two reasons first, I agree with their initiatives and would like to support them plus their reputation based on their work is excellent. Secondly, with PMI increasing the volunteer PDUs to 1 PDU / hour on March 1, 2011 this is an excellent way to gain quality PDUs. This allows you to give back to your profession, help youth, and earn PDUs at no cost. If you are interested you can visit them at PMIEF.
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