Sixty PDUs. Every three years. That’s the maintenance requirement to keep a PMP certification active — and if you’ve held the credential for more than one cycle, you already know that scrambling to fill the gap in the final year is not a strategy.
I seriously just passed the PMP, and I need something that keeps me sharp outside of work… so here we are.
You can read about that 20 year journey here.
The Honest Reason This Exists
PMI allows certified PMs to claim PDUs for creating content that contributes to the profession. Blog posts count. Podcasts count. Templates and companion guides count. Writing about project management — seriously, in public — qualifies under the Giving Back to the Profession category.
That’s part of why I’m here. I’d rather be upfront about it.
But there’s a catch built into the system: the content has to actually be useful. PMI isn’t issuing credit for filler, and I’m not interested in writing it. I’ve spent enough time in this profession to have opinions about what works on real projects — and enough experience watching things go sideways to know the difference between textbook PM and PM in practice.
The PDU motivation and the usefulness motivation point in the same direction. That alignment is why this felt worth building.
What This Is
This is a working library of project management content — traditional, agile, and hybrid — written for practitioners doing real work.
Posts will cover the full PM lifecycle: charters, stakeholder management, risk, communication planning, lessons learned. Agile ceremonies and how to run them well. Metrics that actually inform decisions. Soft skills that certification prep glosses over but that determine whether a project succeeds or quietly falls apart.
Every template gets a companion post explaining the design decisions behind it — not just what the tool is, but why it’s structured the way it is and how to adapt it when your context doesn’t match the textbook.
A Note for Fellow PMPs
If you’re also managing toward recertification, reading relevant professional content qualifies under PMI’s Education PDU categories — specifically online or digital media consumption and self-directed learning.
That means posts you’d read anyway might count toward your cycle. I’ll flag the PDU relevance where it’s applicable.
As always, verify your specific claims against PMI’s current CCRS guidelines. Rules change, and I’m a PM, not PMI.
Final Thought
The best reason to keep earning PDUs isn’t compliance. It’s that the profession keeps moving — new frameworks, new tools, new expectations about what a PM is supposed to own — and staying current requires actual effort.
That’s what this is: the effort made visible.
If you’re a PM navigating any of the above, I’d love to connect. Drop a comment or find me on LinkedIn.
PDU Note: This post was written as part of my ongoing PMP continuing education. Content creation in a professional domain qualifies under PMI’s Giving Back — Create Content category.