Can I earn PDUs from webinars?
Yes! Webinars are another great way to earn PDUs for your PMP or PMI-ACP certification. They’re also convenient as well – you listen while you work, between breaks or while completing minor tasks.
If you’re looking for webinars on project management or agile-related topics, you’re in luck – there are hundreds of free webinars available online that will help you earn PDUs. Review a sampling of these webinars below.
| If your certification is… | PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP |
| For 1 hour of this activity you can claim the following # of PDUs | 1 |
| Documentation needed | Summary of the webinar, including the date(s) when it was viewed. |
Please note that the categories have been updated based on the new guidelines from PMI:
– Ways of Working (formerly Technical Project Management)
– Power Skills (formerly Leadership)
– Business Acumen (formerly Strategic and Business Management)
ProjectManagement.com
Professionals who have paid PMI memberships get free access to the webinars hosted on ProjectManagement.com, a sampling of those webinars has been included below.
Leading Change Through Project Management
Projectmanagement.com
Learn how project management can initiate change, innovation and continuous improvement in organizations.
Power Skills: 0.50 PDUs Business Acumen: 0.50 PDUs Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
The Secrets to Developing a Culture of Candor
Projectmanagement.com
Explore best practices to create a culture of honest, candid feedback within teams and organizations.
Power Skills: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
How to Deal with Stressful Projects …. And Survive
Projectmanagement.com
Review the tools and resources provided by PMI that can help project managers handle tricky situations.
Power Skills: 0.50 PDUs Business Acumen: 0.50 PDUs Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Mindsets: The Key to Creating a More Agile Team and Organization
Projectmanagement.com
Learn how having the correct agile mindset can help unleash organizational agility and team effectiveness.
Power Skills: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
The Agile Enterprise: The Role of the PMO in Agile Transformations
Projectmanagement.com
Learn how the Project Management Office (PMO) can champion Agile transformation within organizations.
Power Skills: 0.50 PDUs Business Acumen: 0.50 PDUs Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Dude, Where’s My Control?! Transitioning from a Project Manager to a Scrum Master
Projectmanagement.com
A guide for Project Managers who want to learn how to think ‘more agile’ as more organizations adopt agile methods.
Business Acumen: 1.00 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Flip the Switch – Shifting to Innovation Centered Project Management
Projectmanagement.com
Learn best practices that help project managers and their teams become effective innovators.
Power Skills: 0.50 PDUs Business Acumen: 0.50 PDUs Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
How to Facilitate Productive Planning Meetings
Projectmanagement.com
Learn how to lead effective project kick-off and planning sessions to help ensure project success.
Business Acumen: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
The Secret Leadership Mindset That Improves Project Delivery
Projectmanagement.com
Discover how military leadership techniques can be applied by project managers to improve team performance.
Power Skills: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Harvard Business Review
HBR provides a great set of resources related to management and leadership including these free webinars. Note: you would normally have access to 6 free articles a month, but it appears as though webinars are exempt from this rule.
The Big Lie of Strategic Planning
Harvard Business Review
Roger L. Martin discusses and offer solutions to the problem of bad strategic planning processes.
Business Acumen: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Building the Agile Workforce
Harvard Business Review
Learn how to develop a company culture that empowers agility.
Power Skills: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Why Medium-Term Planning Works
Harvard Business Review
Medium-term planning (i.e. planning six, nine or eighteen months ahead) is considered critical to a company’s success. Learn why it’s important, and what happens when company’s fail to focus on this planning period.
Business Acumen: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Engaged and Empowered: Leading with Social Collaboration
Harvard Business Review
Learn how leaders can use social collaboration tools to foster teamwork and trust within the organization.
Power Skills: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Leading the Agile Organization
Harvard Business Review
This webinar looks at leadership strategies that can be used to create an agile organization – one that has a culture of adaption, speed and accountability.
Business Acumen: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Build an A-Team
Harvard Business Review
Having a development plan for individual employees is the key to creating an engaged and productive team. Discover best practices for building your A-Team in this webinar.
Power Skills: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Fostering Collaboration Across Silos
Harvard Business Review
Amy Edmondson shares four best practices to break down silos within an organization and improve employee collaboration, communication and effectiveness.
Power Skills: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Scrum Alliance
The Scrum Alliance organization provides access to free webinars on a range of topics – not all of them focused on Scrum or Agile best practices. PMP certification holders can also find value in some of the webinars listed below.
Collaboration at Scale: Estimation and Story Points
Scrum Alliance
Discover different ways Agile teams (both local and distributed) can generate estimates that help business understand the true cost of work.
Ways of Working: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Capacity Planning for Large Organizations
Scrum Alliance
Understand the cost of delays and learn how to make better decisions when sequencing work for teams.
Business Acumen: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Collaboration Between Teams Using Different Process Models
Scrum Alliance
In this webinar, learn how teams can improve collaboration despite using different agile methods (e.g. Kanban, XP or Scrum).
Ways of Working: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Retrospectives: From Complaining to Actionable Learning
Scrum Alliance
Learn how to take actionable steps to make your team retrospectives an effective means of continuous improvement.
Ways of Working: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Top 10 Secrets of Agile Transformation
Scrum Alliance
Michael Sahota shares successful patterns that teams and leaders can apply in the Agile transformation of their organization.
Technical: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free
Collaboration at Scale: How to Prioritize a Backlog
Scrum Alliance
Discover different frameworks that can be used to prioritize product backlogs, and the various roles involved.
Ways of Working: 1 PDU Effort: Low Time: Low Cost: Free