Learn iT! is recognized as a Registered Education Provider with Project Management Institute.

Registered Education Providers (REPs) are organizations approved by PMI to offer project management training for Professional Development Units (PDU). This credential is achieved only after meeting stringent criteria.

The following are key criteria and requirements that REPs must now meet:

Must be a legal entity

Must have offered project management training for at least one year

Must submit at least one sample course for review

Must have a PMP review the content of each course submitted into the REP database

Must show evidence of appropriate course selection, design and delivery

Must show evidence that content of courses is substantially consistent with PMI standards or is clearly noted as offering an alternate theory

Must show evidence of instructor qualifications appropriate to topics taught

Must use PMP certified instructor to deliver PMP exam preparation courses

Must make accurate representations of course objectives

Must be reviewed by a designated PMI reviewer before acceptance as an REP and once every three years thereafter

History

In January of 1999 PMI introduced new continuing education requirements to maintain PMP certification. This program is now known as the Continuing Certification Requirements Program (CCR). PMI realized that thousands of PMPs located throughout the world would need to find appropriate continuing education courses to earn the required 60 PDUs every three years. Thus a team of staff and volunteers began developing a system that would accomplish the following objectives:

“Recognize” training providers that agree to follow PMI established criteria

Criteria to be based on current best practices in training

Criteria to support advancement of PMI standards and other good practices in project management

Provide a searchable database of training courses

Link the database of registered courses to the PMP CCR records database

Be globally accessible

Be an inclusive system open to all qualified organizations

Be affordable to training providers and practical to administer

Be self-sustaining financially

Build a foundation for cooperation and communication between PMI and the project management education & training community

Providers listed in the R.E.P. registry would be the only organizations authorized to issue Professional Development Units (PDUs) for credit toward meeting the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) of the PMP certification. While PMPs may earn PDU credits from other learning activities, only Category Three PDUs are accepted without question by the PMI Certification Department.

About PMI Introduction to the Project Management Institute (PMI®)

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