Pink Elephant today announced that it has received status as a global Registered Education Provider (REP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading membership association for the project management profession with more than 225,000 members in over 160 countries.
As such, PMI has assessed and recognized Pink Elephant's courses as having appropriate learning material relevant to the field of project management.
PMI supports the ongoing professional development of certified Project Management Professionals (PMPs) and the maintenance of the PMP credential. In 1999, PMI introduced the Continuing Certification Requirements Program (CCR) that requires PMPs to earn 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs) every three years in order to maintain their certification in good standing.
One PDU is equal to one hour of structured learning, which must be attained through an REP such as Pink Elephant.
Ten Pink Elephant courses are currently registered with PMI and are listed on the PMI website at www.pmi.org. PMPs can attend a qualifying Pink Elephant course anywhere in the world and receive a specific number of PDUs, ranging from 14 for ITIL Foundations up to 85 for the ITIL Service Manager course. PDUs are issued on a Letter of Accomplishment that Pink Elephant provides to course attendees.
In addition, PMPs can attend Pink Elephant's 11th Annual International IT Service Management Conference, taking place February 18-21, 2007, and earn up to 24.5 PDUs after completing and submitting a worksheet to PMI.
"With Pink Elephant's registered courses and conferences, the benefit is twofold - PMI stakeholders, including PMPs, will not only have an excellent learning experience and ITIL certification but will also be issued PDUs to use for PMP recertification," says Pink Elephant President David Ratcliffe. "We are very pleased that PMI has identified us as a quality training institute." For a full PMI-registered course syllabus with locations, dates, prices and registration options, visit www.pinkelephant.com.
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Pink Elephant is the world leader in IT management best practices, offering solutions to public and private businesses globally, and many listed in the Fortune 500. The Company specializes in improving the quality of IT services through the application of recognized frameworks, including the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). For more information, please visit www.pinkelephant.com