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Earning the required Professional Development Units to maintain your Project Management Professional credential can be a natural educational fit instead of a chore.

Upward Trend
What’s behind the trend toward Project Management Professional certification, and why do companies like Procter & Gamble and Atrion put so much stock in its holders?

Volunteerism: A Great Way to Earn PDUs

You can satisfy a portion of the Professional Development Unit (PDU) requirements for the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program by participating in non-compensated volunteer activities related to project management.

To earn PDUs, volunteers must:

Participate in a project as defined by A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Third Edition
Receive no compensation
Provide services to a project management organization, a nonemployer or nonclient customer group, or a legally recognized not-for-profit community or charitable organization.

A project manager can claim a maximum of 20 PDUs per three-year CCR cycle in Category 5 (volunteer activities). The number of PDUs earned varies depending upon the type of volunteer service provided. For example, Project Management Professional (PMP®) holder may claim up to five PDUs per calendar year for project management-related services provided to legally recognized not-for-profit community or charitable organizations. Serving in an official capacity—for instance, a committee member or officer—for a project management organization, however, results in a different number of PDUs depending on the type and length of service. Refer to the CCR Handbook for guidelines on reporting PDUs including the conversion rate, category descriptions and examples of documentation required for PDU activities.

Examples of qualifying activities and their associated PDU values include:

Serve as an officer for a project management organization for four months: Two PDUs
Work as part of a project management team for the design and deployment of an outreach program for a legally recognized not-for-profit charitable organization for a full calendar year: Five PDUs
Work as part of a project management team to review and make recommendations for funding requests received by a legally recognized not-for-profit charitable organization for two months: Five PDUs.

For more information on how you can get involved, visit PMI's Volunteer Opportunities Web page.

Attend MEGA SeminarsWorld, Earn Up to 28 PDUs

Earn valuable PDUs at PMI's MEGA SeminarsWorld® held 27–30 March 2006 in Anaheim, Calif., USA. This year there are 37 topics—including 10 new ones—on project management development, strategy and application.

Participate in one two-day seminar at MEGA SeminarsWorld, and you can earn 14 Professional Development Units (PDUs). Participate in two two-day seminars, and you can earn as many as 28 PDUs.

While at MEGA SeminarsWorld, you are also invited to:

Attend a lively keynote address from renowned business speaker Don Hutson on "Twenty-First Century Leadership"
Network with peers at an organized reception
Visit the on-site PMI Bookstore where many of PMI's and project management's top-selling books and products will be available for purchase
Earn an additional four PDUs through participation in the PMI Standards Program Working Session on 31 March that immediately follows the MEGA SeminarsWorld (requires separate registration).

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