PDU Of The Day …
Is Implementing A New Article Structure!

We want to help you earn your PDUs
Record them & minimize your risk!

We know how busy our viewers are
So we wanted to make it very easy to do!

A PDU Of The Day  article provides you with all the information you need to fill in your PMI® CCRS claim.

For each Education activity, PMI® requires:

• The Provider Name or ID
• The Title
• The Start Time and End Time

You may (optionally) provide:

• A Description (4000 character limit)
• A URL

WE STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THE OPTIONAL INFORMATION BE RECORDED IN CASE OF A PMI® AUDIT OF YOUR CCRS CLAIM

Paid subscribers can Bookmark all their activities on PDU Of The Day!

HERE IS HOW WE CAN HELP!

A PDU Of The Day article has:

1. The Session Title for the article.
2. The Header of the pduOTD article:
   1. Lists the Start & End – Date and Time of  each activity/session
      • Times are listed as in North American Eastern Time (Standard or Daylight Savings) and other timezones as appropriate)
   2. Lists the Provider, often with a link to the Provider’s website
   3. Gives the Activity Type. Education opportunities are recorded as:
      • Course or Training
        • Training from a PMI® Registered Education Provider (REP). Each REP has a unique ID number.
        • Instructor-led classes held in-person or online by a third party provider.
      • Online or Digital Media
        • learning conducted online or through digital media
      • Informal Learning
        • Structured Professional Discussions
      • Read
        • Reading that is relevant to the certification
3. The Body of the article has:
   • A description of the opportunity
     • which you can copy and paste into the CCRS
   • The name of the instructor
     • With a Linked profile (when named be the provider)
       • This attests to the presenter as a knowledgeable resource
   • Lists the Registration URL
     • This can also be pasted into the CCRS
4. The Footer of the article:
   1. Lists the PDU credits in the 3  PMI® Talent Triangle skills:
      • Technical Project Management
        1. “Knowledge, skills and behaviors related to specific domains of Project, Program and Portfolio Management.”
      • Leadership
        • “Knowledge, skills and behaviors specific to leadership-oriented, cross-cutting activities that help an
          organization achieve its business goals.”
      • Strategic & Business  Management
        • “Knowledge of and expertise in the industry or organization that enhances performance and better delivers business outcomes”
   2. Reminds you to Print Out Our Post! (for your PMI® Audit Folder & include notes on the Start/End Time & notes taken during the webinar)

PDU CCRS AUDITS

A PMI® PDU Audit can be a stressful situation for a PMP®!

Make it less so by having the documentation ready and available should PMI® choose you for one of its random PDU Audits.

• A PMI® CCRS (Continuing Certification Requirements System) claim is used to record PDUs towards your PMP® recertification.

Some of the suggestions to reduce YOUR Risk in case of a CCRS audit:

1. DO NOT STOP AT 60 PDU’s!
   1. We recommend that PMI’s® perform and record at least:
      1. 72 PDU’s in a 3 year period or …
      2. 24 PDU’s every year or…
      3. 2 per month (Just Basic Project Management math 🙂 )
2. Make sure to have both an electronic & a paper copy of your PDU CCRS Audit Folder..
   1. It should contain “Full Documentation” of each activity you claimed
3. Keep track of the presenters and credentials to prove that they are a “Knowledgeable Resource”.
4. Keep track of the hours you spend practicing as a “Project Manager” & “Giving Back” to the community.

Every weekday, PDU Of The Day publishes 3 to 5 opportunities for PMPs®, BAs & Lean/Agile Professionals.  We provide you with everything you need to create your PMI® PDU CCRS Audit folder. 

In addition to the pduOTD website:

• We tweet (on @pduOTD &@EdmontonPM):
  • Our links to each article that we publish each weekday
  • A reminder for each live event 1 business day before the day of the webinar/session.
• We publish an RSS feed (weekdays) Subscribe Today!

Some quick facts about pduOTD:

• We Are an Independent Group Of Volunteers Who “Give Back” To the Project Management Community
• We remain objective providing you with only the best resources
• We do not sponsor or present webinars – Our editorial group prescreens the sessions/presenters for quality and curates the opportunities for you!
• We’ve been publishing PDU opportunities since January 1st, 2011
• We’ve posted over 6,000 PDU opportunities
• We are read in over in 190 countries worldwide.

Online Webinar – Recorded March 24 2011
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 Hour  1 PDU
Credits: PMI PDUs: 2.00 / CBAP CDUs: 2.00
Provider: Diversified Business Communications (REP 1811)

NOTE:  Once you finish viewing the session you will be able to print a certificate of completion from REP # 1811

1 in 3 technology projects fail.

• 15% of all technology projects fail because of high cost variance.
• 18% are unsuccessful because they were substantially late.

Why such a dismal success rate? All project managers know this simple fact: Project Success is Difficult. But is it as simple to define what changes are necessary to increase project success?

Topics Covered:

• Precise management of resources. Who is working on what?
• Accurate project tracking. How do I get this project back on schedule?
• Definition of project terms. What does “done” really mean?

During this webinar we will explore five ways to improve your odds of successfully completing projects on time and on budget.

Presenter: Curt Finch (LinkedIn) is the CEO of Journyx, the first company to provide Web-based time-tracking, project accounting and resource management solutions & author of Valuing Time as a Business Resource. Curt earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 1987 and he has been creating software or managing software teams ever since. In 1997, Curt created the world’s first web-based timesheet application and the foundation for the current Journyx product offerings.

Click to register For:
5 Critical Components Of Project Success

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.

Live Webinar August 10th, 2016 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Capella University Free PDU

The World Of Work Is Rapidly Changing!

Your ability to effectively work with people who are different from you is becoming increasingly more important to your success and the success of your organization.

There are currently 4 generations in the workplace.

While generational differences can present challenges, these differences can also bring great value when understood and leveraged.

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Name the current and the next generation(s) that are influencing in the workplace.
• Understand the differences and similarities between the generations.
• Understand how to best leverage the “Generational Differences” in the workplace.

Click to register for:
Understanding & Leveraging Generational Differences

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.

Live Webinar August 9th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: StickyMinds/Techwell Free PDU

Many companies experimenting with agile development methods in their engineering and IT groups are having only mixed success.

Unless you’re implementing agile both upstream (through your portfolio) and downstream (through testing and operations), you’re not harnessing agile’s full power.

Being faster to market doesn’t help your bottom line if you deliver the wrong things, and failing to get the right things into production fast means you’re leaving money on the table.

Join this web seminar to gain insight into the benefits of a digital transformation.

You’ll discover a strategic, collaborative approach to channel the power of agile and deliver more value to your customers.

You’ll learn how to:

1. Deliver value quickly in small increments across work streams
2. Provide visibility into strategic initiatives that inform the process, from planning through delivery
3. Support continuous delivery with automation

Click to register for:
Transform Your Agile Strategy To Deliver More Value

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.

Live Webinar August 9th, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The BI and analytics market is undergoing a rapid transformation as the buying power shifts from IT to line of business.

Analytics providers need to understand and explore adjacent market areas or risk being left behind.

However, not all business analytics segments offer the same growth and profit opportunities.

In this webinar, Gartner research Director Jim Hare (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) uses Gartner’s new BI & Analytics Market Opportunity Map to highlight the most and least attractive segments.

Discussion Topics:

• The key market dynamics and trends
• Which market segments offer the highest growth
• How technology providers should respond

Click to register for:
Uncovering Growth Opportunities In The
Transforming Business Analytics Market

NOTE: For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post!  Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.