Episode 19 — Advice for Someone Just Starting in Project Management Manage This - The Project Management Podcast
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ANDY CROWE ● BILL YATES ● NICK WALKER
NICK WALKER: Welcome to Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers. Every two weeks we meet to talk about the things that matter most to you as a professional project manager. These include the ins and outs of just doing the job of project management; how to get certified and stay certified. And we hear from some of the leaders in the industry.
I’m your host, Nick Walker. And with me are the in-house experts, Andy Crowe and Bill Yates. You’ve got questions? They’ve got answers. Hey, guys. It’s been a couple of weeks since we were all together. It’s good to be back with you.
BILL YATES: Yeah.
ANDY CROWE: It’s good to be reunited.
NICK WALKER: I hope you both look forward to this time as much as I do. This is a great time to get together. And I mentioned that we like to deal with questions. One of the questions we’ve been hearing about is earning PDUs. As most of us know, we need 60 PDUs, those are Professional Development Units...
BILL YATES: Correct.
NICK WALKER: ...every three years to keep the PMP credential current. And when somebody works that hard to get that credential, they don’t want to lose it.
BILL YATES: That is true.
NICK WALKER: Simply because they don’t get enough PDUs.
BILL YATES: Right.
NICK WALKER: So we’ve mentioned it before, but it’s probably a good idea to go into more detail. We actually offer PDUs, free PDUs to our listeners.
ANDY CROWE: Right. This podcast is good for PDUs. And Nick, just one thing to add a little color to that is it’s not just the PMP. You’ve got to have them for all the PMI credentials. So PgMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP.
BILL YATES: ACP, yup.
ANDY CROWE: All of them. PfMP. So this is the currency of our people.
NICK WALKER: Let’s talk a little bit about how to get some of those PDUs from this podcast. Each Manage This Episode, I understand, is registered with PMI as a “Category A PDU.”
BILL YATES: Yeah. That means it’s top of the line, top-shelf platinum level.
NICK WALKER: Oh, yeah. And, you know, we’ve aligned each episode to the appropriate areas of PMI’s Talent Triangle. Tell us a little bit about that.
ANDY CROWE: Yeah. You’ve got to have – so there’s three legs of a Talent Triangle, hence the word “triangle.” There’s technical skills, there’s leadership, and there’s business savvy. And you have to have at least eight PDUs from each of those legs. So now the days are gone when you can read a book and claim all of your PDUs from reading a book or from giving back to the profession, which used to be a lot of people would get involved in their chapter, and they would give back, and they would get their PDUs that way. Now you have to have a certain number from training. And so this really comes in handy here.
NICK WALKER: And the great thing is we make it simple here. All you have to do is go to Velociteach.com and select “Manage This Podcast,” Manage This Podcast from the top of the page, and you’ll see a big button right there. It says “Claim PDUs.” And that spells out the steps. You can find the PMI Activity ID by selecting the episode from the list. You’ll see that near the top of the page, as well.
BILL YATES: Correct, right, you’ll see it right there. And that’s the data that you need to submit that PDU claim. And like you said, the Claim PDUs button, that spells out all the nitty-gritty details for those PMs. And they can follow along and check off the list and see it right there on PMI.org.
NICK WALKER: So this is an easy way of getting the PDUs. I hope lots of folks will take advantage of that. So let’s give them some information so they can...
BILL YATES: Earn the PDU, yeah.
NICK WALKER: Yeah, let’s do it. You know, sometimes it’s good to kind of take a step back. You know, we’ve talked abo
ANDY CROWE ● BILL YATES ● NICK WALKER
NICK WALKER: Welcome to Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers. Every two weeks we meet to talk about the things that matter most to you as a professional project manager. These include the ins and outs of just doing the job of project management; how to get certified and stay certified. And we hear from some of the leaders in the industry.
I’m your host, Nick Walker. And with me are the in-house experts, Andy Crowe and Bill Yates. You’ve got questions? They’ve got answers. Hey, guys. It’s been a couple of weeks since we were all together. It’s good to be back with you.
BILL YATES: Yeah.
ANDY CROWE: It’s good to be reunited.
NICK WALKER: I hope you both look forward to this time as much as I do. This is a great time to get together. And I mentioned that we like to deal with questions. One of the questions we’ve been hearing about is earning PDUs. As most of us know, we need 60 PDUs, those are Professional Development Units...
BILL YATES: Correct.
NICK WALKER: ...every three years to keep the PMP credential current. And when somebody works that hard to get that credential, they don’t want to lose it.
BILL YATES: That is true.
NICK WALKER: Simply because they don’t get enough PDUs.
BILL YATES: Right.
NICK WALKER: So we’ve mentioned it before, but it’s probably a good idea to go into more detail. We actually offer PDUs, free PDUs to our listeners.
ANDY CROWE: Right. This podcast is good for PDUs. And Nick, just one thing to add a little color to that is it’s not just the PMP. You’ve got to have them for all the PMI credentials. So PgMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP.
BILL YATES: ACP, yup.
ANDY CROWE: All of them. PfMP. So this is the currency of our people.
NICK WALKER: Let’s talk a little bit about how to get some of those PDUs from this podcast. Each Manage This Episode, I understand, is registered with PMI as a “Category A PDU.”
BILL YATES: Yeah. That means it’s top of the line, top-shelf platinum level.
NICK WALKER: Oh, yeah. And, you know, we’ve aligned each episode to the appropriate areas of PMI’s Talent Triangle. Tell us a little bit about that.
ANDY CROWE: Yeah. You’ve got to have – so there’s three legs of a Talent Triangle, hence the word “triangle.” There’s technical skills, there’s leadership, and there’s business savvy. And you have to have at least eight PDUs from each of those legs. So now the days are gone when you can read a book and claim all of your PDUs from reading a book or from giving back to the profession, which used to be a lot of people would get involved in their chapter, and they would give back, and they would get their PDUs that way. Now you have to have a certain number from training. And so this really comes in handy here.
NICK WALKER: And the great thing is we make it simple here. All you have to do is go to Velociteach.com and select “Manage This Podcast,” Manage This Podcast from the top of the page, and you’ll see a big button right there. It says “Claim PDUs.” And that spells out the steps. You can find the PMI Activity ID by selecting the episode from the list. You’ll see that near the top of the page, as well.
BILL YATES: Correct, right, you’ll see it right there. And that’s the data that you need to submit that PDU claim. And like you said, the Claim PDUs button, that spells out all the nitty-gritty details for those PMs. And they can follow along and check off the list and see it right there on PMI.org.
NICK WALKER: So this is an easy way of getting the PDUs. I hope lots of folks will take advantage of that. So let’s give them some information so they can...
BILL YATES: Earn the PDU, yeah.
NICK WALKER: Yeah, let’s do it. You know, sometimes it’s good to kind of take a step back. You know, we’ve talked abo