Maintaining Your Certification

Jackie Fagan

Presentation to the PMI Ireland Chapter

March 3rd 2016

Agenda

• PMI Accreditation Family

• Accreditations breakdown PMI Irish Chapter

• Background to changes to the Continuous Certification Requirements

(CCR)

• Requirement (CCR) program

• Talent Triangle

• Details of Changes

• Managing Multiple Accreditations

• CCR System

• Effective Dates

PMI Accreditation Family

• PMP® - Project Management Professional

• PgMP® - Program Management Professional

• PfMP® - Portfolio Management Professional

• CAPM® - Certified Associate in Project Management

• PMI-PBA® - PMI Professional in Business Analysis

• PMI-ACP® - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner

• PMI-RMP® - PMI Risk Management Professional

• PMI-SP® - PMI Scheduling Professional

Breakdown of Accreditations

- PMI Irish Chapter

Chapter Membership (avg) 1000

• PMP® - Project Management Professional 653

• PgMP® - Program Management Professional 10

• PfMP® - Portfolio Management Professional 2

• CAPM® - Certified Associate in Project Management 16

• PMI-PBA® - PMI Professional in Business Analysis 1

• PMI-ACP® - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner 22

• PMI-RMP® - PMI Risk Management Professional 4

• PMI-SP® - PMI Scheduling Professional 2

Why Update the CCR Program?

(Continuing Certification Requirements)

• Evolution of profession

– No longer sufficient to have technical PM skills

– Requirement to have business and leadership skills

• Organizations challenged by finding talent with the right skills

• Will become a better professional development tool

• Solely self-determined curriculum-no guidance provided

• Increase the value, relevance, and credibility of practitioners

PMI – Talent Triangle

Leadership: Knowledge,

skills and behaviors specific

to leadership-oriented skills

that help an organization

achieve its business goals.

Technical Project

Management:

Knowledge, skills and

behaviors related to

specific domains of

Project, Program and

Portfolio Management

Strategic and Business Management:

Knowledge of and expertise in the industry or

organization that enhances performance and

better delivers business outcomes

What’s Changing

• Education –35 minimum

– 8 technical

– 8 leadership

– 8 business/strategic

• Remaining 11 in any area

of triangle

• Giving Back –25 maximum

• Volunteering

• Creating knowledge

• Working as a professional

(8 maximum)

• Education –18 minimum

– 4 technical

– 4 leadership

– 4 business/strategic

Remaining 6 in any area of

triangle

• Giving Back –12 maximum

– Volunteering

– Creating knowledge

– Working as a professional (4

maximum)

60 PDUs (PMP/PgMP/PfMP/PMI-PBA)

30 PDUs(PMI-ACP/PMI-RMP/PMI-SP))

Some Other Changes

• Done away with all the various PDU categories. Now there are

only two - Education and Giving Back.

• Courses are replaced by activities

• New Dashboard to show progress on PDU’s v’s requirement &

number of days left to expiration

• Mobile app

• Included help buttons with details to provide examples of the

activities

Managing Multiple Accreditations

The rules and procedures around maintaining multiple

certifications remain the same.

All Leadership and Strategic and Business Management PDUs

can be claimed for and shared across your multiple

certifications.

Technical Project Management PDUs must apply to your

specific certification.

This table shows some examples of how technical project management

courses could be applied across multiple certifications:

PMI | Presentation Title

Managing Multiple Accreditations - example

You Have

the

You took a 2

hour class in

project mgmt.

(PDU’s apply

as follows)

You took 12

hour course on

portfolio

management. 3

hours were

spend on the

risk

You took an 8 hour project

management course that spent

1 hour on requirements

gathering, 1 hour on risk mgmt.,

30 mins on project scheduling

and 30 mins on agile

PMP 2 12 8

PgMP 2 12 8

PfMP 0 12 0

PMI-ACP 0 0 .5

PMI-PBA 0 0 1

PMI-RMP 0 3 1

PMI-SP 0 0 .5

CCRS – entering data for multiple

accreditations

Automatically

Populated

across

accreditations

Requires

Manual

population

Useful Resources

Effective dates for changes

Beginning 1st December 2015:

Certification Expiration Date:

December 2015 –

30 November 2017

1 December 2017

and Beyond

Classify PDUs according to

new CCR format

YES YES

Meet minimum number of

PDUs in Education category

and each of the three skill

areas. This is required for

renewal.

NO YES

Limit Giving Back category

PDUs to Maximum

requirement

NO YES

Questions?

Finally

Help from the Irish Chapter

Future chapter events

categorized in advance

with event notification

Still have queries? Then send email to:

The Chapter’s Professional Development Officer

Jackie Fagan

email: jfagan@pmi-ireland.org

SUPPLEMENTARY SLIDES

FOR CHAPTER WEBSITE

Way’s to earn giving back PDU’s

– Share Knowledge • Sharing your domain knowledge to help others learn and grow

• By sharing your skills with others, you grow the profession and

enhance the practices that are essential to your certified role.

Whether you’re mentoring, teaching or applying your subject

matter knowledge toward an activity, others will benefit from

your experience and perspective.

• PDU Rules: - 1 hour spent sharing knowledge equals 1 PDU

• Documentation for audit: Evidence supporting your coaching

or mentoring arrangement, including notes from and dates of

discussions and activities

Way’s to earn giving back PDU’s

– Volunteer

• Providing volunteer services to non-employer or non-client

organizations

• PMI has an active community of thousands of volunteers who

support the Institute and the profession in a wide range of roles.

By volunteering, you can serve on a PMI committee or team.

You can also volunteer your domain-related services to other

not-for-profit organizations.

• PDU Rules: 1 hour of volunteer (non-compensated) service

equals 1 PDU

• Documentation for audit: Letter or certificate from the

organization served acknowledging your participation

Way’s to earn giving back PDU’s

– Give a Presentation

• Presenting on topics relevant to the profession

• There are many occasions when you could give a formal

presentation to others, and share knowledge that relates to your

certification. For example, you could speak at a PMI chapter

event, professional conference, or within your organization.

These are just a few examples. Consider the opportunities

available to you.

• PDU Rules: 1 hour spent presenting equals 1 PDU

• Documentation required for audit: Copies of presentation.

Way’s to earn Education PDU’s

– Online or Digital Media

• Self-paced learning conducted online or through digital media

• Educational webinars, videos and other types of digital content are

available online and on demand. E.g. s:

– ProjectManagement.com

– e-Learning On Demand+

– PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s)

• PDU Rules: -1 hour of learning equals 1 PDU

• Qualifying activities must be relevant to PMI Talent Triangle skill area

topics, meet a specified purpose, and use knowledgeable resources

.Documentation required for audit: Evidence supporting your reported

learning, including notes from and dates of activities conducted.

Way’s to earn Education PDU’s

– Organization Meetings

• Meetings, activities and local events related to the profession

• Professional meetings that include an educational component provide

an opportunity to learn and also to network. PMI chapters and third

parties host these activities throughout the year on a local basis. Your

organization may conduct professional events as well.

• Search the PMI events calendar

• Check for chapter events near you

• PDU Rules: - Typically limited to 1–2 PDUs

• Documentation required for audit: Registration form, letter of

attendance of other form of documentation confirming participation in

event

Way’s to earn Education PDU’s

– Organization Meetings

• Meetings, activities and local events related to the profession

• Professional meetings that include an educational component provide

an opportunity to learn and also to network. PMI chapters and third

parties host these activities throughout the year on a local basis. Your

organization may conduct professional events as well.

• Search the PMI events calendar

• Check for chapter events near you

• PDU Rules: - Typically limited to 1–2 PDUs

• Documentation required for audit: Registration form, letter of

attendance of other form of documentation confirming participation in

event