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Category C & Setting up a PDU Plan

Category 2 SDL is no longer used.

On March 1st, 2011 PMI changed the PDU Categories. Category 2-SDL became Category C. Overall, the number of categories changed from 18 down to 6. Category limits were changed.

The article below is our original article on Category 2 (now C) SDL. It still contains useful information for earning PDUs towards your certification.

Don’t miss opportunities to earn PDUs to fulfill the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Program. Make the most of time spent waiting in airports, riding the train and on long road trips by reading a book or viewing a DVD that is relevant to project management. These are just a few examples of Category 2 (now C) Self-Directed Learning (2-SDL) activities that can earn you up to 15 PDUs during each active certification/CCR cycle.

Category 2 (now C) SDL PDUs are categorized by PMI as individualized learning activities involving personally conducted research or study. To qualify for credit under Category 2 (now C) SDL, an activity must:

• Be relevant to project management
• Meet a specified purpose / Have a specific PM learning objective
• Use knowledgeable resources.

Other activities that qualify for Category 2 (now C) SDL PDUs include discussions or coaching sessions with subject matter experts and studying print or electronic materials (articles, CD-ROMs, instructional manuals, etc). The resources used for self-directed learning must be identified when reporting PDUs.

For more information on PDU reporting categories and guidelines, refer to theContinuing Certifications Requirements (CCR) handbook.

As a Category 2 SDL activity (later changed to Category C) ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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This 1 hour (1 PDU) live webinar is presented by ASPE on Friday January 21 2011 at 10:00 a.m. MST

Successful business analysts do not merely gather requirements; they must specify solutions that fulfill those requirements. Not only must these specifications be able to accurately convey concepts to software developers, testers, project managers and technical writers, they must be able to be evaluated by the people who provided the original requirements.

Plain text and mere sketches are notoriously ambiguous and unreliable. In this course, you will learn how to move beyond just gathering requirements and writing documents to expressing solutions using precise, succinct and verifiable models. You will use these models to enable agility.

If you work with distributed teams, including offshore developers and testers, you know that the more distant the development team, the greater the need for precision. Precise doesn’t mean bigger documents in more abstruse notations. In this course you will learn a simple and compact system for collaborative modeling that enables you to capture the most information in the smallest space with the least work in a way that’s easily testable and highly adaptable. By doing this precise analysis you will deliver more value in less time with higher quality.

Presenter:
Marc Balcer is chief architect at Model Compilers, a professional services firm that provides precise analysis, architecture, and tools that enable agile companies to transform ideas into systems. Marc specializes in using model-driven approaches to analyze, develop, and manage projects in subject matters as diverse as medical instrumentation, telecommunications management, financial services, and transportation logistics. As a party to many enterprise development projects, Marc has witnessed firsthand how the precision of application and architecture models can make the difference between spectacular success and miserable failure. He consistently seeks out opportunities for automation in the development process, developing tools to transform information captured during requirements and analysis into executable code.

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This PDU opportunity is a Category 2 SDL opportunity. Click here to read our article about Category 2-SDL Self-Directed Learning Activities

Erika Flora has posted the videofrom her presentation atPMIWDC entitled, “5 Keys to Standing Out as a Project Manager in Today’s Economy “Lots of fun, practical tips on standing out every day, in every way, with everyone.

Note: This is a four-part video. Check out parts 2, 3, and4 here.

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