Earning PDUs

Volunteering Project Management Professional PDUs can be earned as part of Category E: Volunteer Service.

Category E, along with Category D (Creating New Project Knowledge) and Category F (Working as a Professional in Project Management), comprise the Giving Back To The Profession Categories.

You can earn PDUs in Category E (Volunteer Service) by providing volunteer, non-compensated project management, project risk, project scheduling, or program management services to non-employer or non-client customer groups. This group includes the PMI-Delaware Valley Chapter. View current volunteer openings.

 Examples of qualifying activities include:

1. Serve as an elected volunteer officer for a project management organization (including PMI chapters and communities of practice). This work must be done for legally recognized non-profit, not-for-profit, or charitable groups and organizations.
2. Serve as a volunteer/appointed committee member for a project management organization (including PMI chapters and communities of practice). This work must be done for legally recognized non-profit, not-for-profit, or charitable groups and organizations.
3. Provide project management-related volunteer services to PMI or another professional project management association. This work must be done for legally recognized non-profit, not-for-profit, or charitable groups and organizations.
   For example:
   
   
   • Volunteering at a PMI global congress
   • Serving on a PMI Members Advisory Board
   • Working on PMI standards
   • Participating in activities for PMI’s Certification Department
   • Participating in PMI research activities

Specific PDU amounts are awarded for these activities based on your level of participation

1.  Provide volunteer project management-related services to:
   
   
   • a community or charitable group (This work must meet the definition of a project as outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).)
   • a group of college students for educational purposes
   • being a coach or mentor on project management topics

The PDUs claimed in this category count against the maximum of 45 PDUs (or 20 PDUs for PMI-RMP and PMI-SP) allowed for Giving Back To The Profession (Categories D, E, and F).

Please consult the Credential Handbook or contact PMI for questions regarding earning PDUs. PMI website