PMP Renewal – 60 PDU Options
PDU Bundles | Renew PMP /Renew CAPM/Renew PgMP
Original price was: $69.00.$41.30Current price is: $41.30.
Original price was: $195.00.$115.50Current price is: $115.50.
Original price was: $165.00.$101.50Current price is: $101.50.
Plan your PDUs towards PMP renewal
PDU Planner
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When does your current cycle end?
It's on your PMI dashboard — three years after your last renewal, not your exam date.
Education PDUs earned so far
Split by Talent Triangle area. Your PMI dashboard shows the breakdown.
Ways of Working
Minimum 8
Power Skills
Minimum 8
Business Acumen
Minimum 8
Giving Back PDUs earned so far
Volunteering and content are one bucket; simply doing your job is another. Both are capped.
Valid PDUs toward your 600 / 60
Enter your PDUs above — this updates as you type.
PMI Talent Triangle | 8-8-8 Rule
8
Ways of Working
Methods, delivery, tools, technical practice.
8
Power Skills
Leadership, communication, influence, conflict.
8
Business Acumen
Strategy, finance, organisational awareness, benefits.
The Rules for Your 60 PDUs:
- Giving Back has a limit: You can claim a maximum of 25 PDUs for giving back to the profession.
- The Triangle Minimums: Out of your 35 minimum Education PDUs, 24 are strictly reserved (8 for each side of the Talent Triangle). The remaining 11 Education PDUs can be in any category you choose.
- Education is unlimited: You must earn at least 35 Education PDUs, but you can earn all 60 here if you want.
The Common Trap:
Most project managers spend their days deep in tactical execution—running stand-ups, managing backlogs, or adjusting the critical path. Because of this, they easily max out their “Ways of Working” PDUs without even trying. The blind spot is “Business Acumen,” which requires stepping back from the daily grind to focus on strategy, market conditions, or financial alignment.
How this plays out in reality (The 58-PDU Trap):
Imagine a Project Manager wrapping up their three-cycle. They log into the PMI dashboard, thrilled to see they’ve accumulated 58 PDUs. They think they just need one quick 2-hour webinar to cross the finish line.
Then, they look at the breakdown:
- Ways of Working: 35 PDUs (Way over the 8-PDU minimum)
- Power Skills: 20 PDUs (Way over the 8-PDU minimum)
- Business Acumen: 3 PDUs (Uh oh…)
Even with 58 total hours, the system flags them as ineligible to renew. Because they ignored the 8-PDU minimum for Business Acumen, those 58 hours don’t matter. They are now scrambling at the eleventh hour to find and complete 5 hours of specific, strategy-focused business training just to satisfy that one missing side of the triangle.
Few PDUs have a maximum cap
Two categories, different rules, very different audit exposure.
| Category | What counts | Cap |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Courses, webinars, conferences, self-directed reading, on-demand training | No maximum — minimum 35 |
| Giving Back — volunteering | Volunteering, mentoring, speaking, writing, creating content | 25 combined |
| Giving Back — working as a practitioner | Simply doing project work as your job | 8 of combined 25 |
PMP suspended? You have few options.
If you are currently suspended, you are not too late. You are inside the twelve-month window, and completing the PDUs restores your credential without an exam. The planner above will tell you roughly how much of that window is left.
Free PDU tracker
An Excel sheet that logs PDUs by Talent Triangle category and totals them for you — far easier than reconstructing three years in a panic.
PDU Bundles | Renew PMP /Renew CAPM/Renew PgMP
Original price was: $69.00.$41.30Current price is: $41.30.
Original price was: $195.00.$115.50Current price is: $115.50.
Original price was: $165.00.$101.50Current price is: $101.50.
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Common questions on PMP Renewal
How many PDUs do I need to renew my PMP?
60 PDUs every three years. At least 35 must be Education PDUs, and within those, a minimum of 8 in each Talent Triangle area — Ways of Working, Power Skills and Business Acumen. The remaining 11 Education PDUs can be in any area.
What is the 8-8-8 rule?
It is the minimum Education requirement per Talent Triangle area: 8 PDUs in Ways of Working, 8 in Power Skills and 8 in Business Acumen. That accounts for 24 of your 35 required Education PDUs.
Can all 60 PDUs come from Education?
Yes. Education has no maximum, so all 60 can be Education PDUs. Giving Back is capped at 25 per cycle, and within that, no more than 8 can be claimed for working as a practitioner.
What happens if my cycle ends before I earn 60 PDUs?
Your certification moves to suspended status for 12 months. During suspension you cannot use the PMP designation, but you can still earn the missing PDUs and complete the renewal. If the 12 months pass without renewal, the certification expires and the only route back is retaking the exam.
Do extra PDUs carry over to the next cycle?
Up to 20 PDUs can carry into your next cycle for the PMP, but only those earned during the final 12 months of your current cycle. Surplus earned earlier does not carry forward.
Do I have to claim PDUs one by one?
Not if your provider issues pre-approved claim codes. Manual entry is where most reporting errors happen — wrong category, wrong date range, or a description that does not match the activity.