Certification Renewal Requirements

Calculate how many of the current 60 PDUs remain in a PMP three-year renewal cycle.

Check a PMP PDU mix against PMI’s current minimum 35 Education PDUs and maximum 25 Giving Back PDUs.

Check whether reported Education PDUs include at least 8 in Ways of Working, 8 in Power Skills, and 8 in Business Acumen.

Calculate the monthly pace needed to finish your remaining PMP PDUs before your renewal date.

Compare elapsed months in the three-year PMP cycle with PDUs completed to identify whether progress is ahead or behind a straight-line pace.

Track remaining PDUs for a PMI credential currently requiring 30 PDUs per three-year cycle, such as PMI-ACP or PMI-RMP; confirm your credential on PMI.

Track remaining PDUs against PMI’s current 15-PDU CAPM three-year cycle.

Check whether an expiration date is within a 90-day planning window for AWS’s 2026 eligible maintenance option; eligibility also depends on credential type.

Add one year to the current expiration date to visualize the additional maintenance period described for eligible AWS credentials.

Check whether an expiration date is within Microsoft’s six-month renewal window for eligible role-based and specialty certifications.

Add one year to an eligible certification expiration date to visualize the next cycle after renewal.

Return the current recertification CE target for a selected Cisco certification level.

Calculate remaining Cisco Continuing Education credits from the target for your selected certification level.

Track remaining Professional Development Credits against SHRM’s current 60-PDC three-year recertification requirement.

Calculate the monthly PDC pace needed to complete a SHRM recertification cycle on time.

Track remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current aPHR total; credential-specific category requirements still apply.

Track remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current PHR total; credential-specific category requirements still apply.

Track remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current SPHR total; credential-specific category requirements still apply.

Track remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current PHRca total; credential-specific category requirements still apply.

Track remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current GPHR total; credential-specific category requirements still apply.

Track the SPHR business-credit subrequirement separately from the total HRCI recertification requirement.

Track the California-specific recertification-credit component for PHRca.

Track remaining CPEs against the current 120-CPE three-year CISSP requirement.

Track remaining CPEs against the current 90-CPE three-year CCSP requirement.

Track remaining CPEs against the current 60-CPE three-year SSCP requirement.

Count down to the published December 4, 2026 Winter ’26 maintenance deadline; required modules still depend on the credential.

Paste or import a local CSV transcript to total credits by category and compare the record with your selected requirements.

Track several certifications or licenses together from a local CSV of credential, due date, required credits, and completed credits.

Analyze a local CSV study log to total hours and calculate recent average study time per recorded session.

Analyze a local CSV of eligible credits by category to see where most of your renewal activity is concentrated.

Turn remaining credits, weeks to deadline, and weekly capacity into a simple completion plan with buffer.

Score whether your activity records contain the evidence commonly needed for an audit: dates, provider, title, credits, category and proof.

Paste a CSV activity log and flag repeated rows that may have been entered twice before you report credits.

Check a pasted CSV for missing activity names, dates, credits, categories or evidence notes before an audit or renewal review.

Estimate the maximum shared portion of one activity across two entered remaining requirements; final acceptance must be verified with both authorities.

Compare entered renewal-course/fee costs with retaking an exam; this is a cost comparison, not an eligibility decision.

Forecast how many credits a steady monthly pace would produce across several renewal cycles.

Choose a personal finish buffer and calculate the target date before the official deadline.

Check the 18-Education minimum, 12-Giving-Back maximum and 30-PDU total for applicable PMI 30-PDU credentials.

Check the 4-PDU minimum in Ways of Working, Power Skills and Business Acumen for applicable PMI 30-PDU credentials.

Check CAPM’s 15-PDU total, 9-Education minimum and 6-Giving-Back maximum.

Check CAPM’s current 2-PDU minimum separately in Ways of Working, Power Skills, and Business Acumen instead of relying only on the total PDU count.

Check the PMI-PMOCP 30-PDU total, 20-Education minimum and 10-Giving-Back maximum.

Check PMI-PMOCP minimums: 3 Ways of Working, 7 Power Skills and 10 Business Acumen.

Calculate remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current 45-credit total.

Calculate remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current 60-credit total.

Calculate remaining HRCI recertification credits against the current 60-credit total.

Track the current 15-Global-credit minimum inside the broader 60-credit GPHR recertification total.

Track HRCI’s ethics-credit requirement separately from the overall recertification total.

Calculate remaining ISC2 CPE credits against the current 45-credit three-year total.

Calculate remaining ISC2 CPE credits against the current 90-credit three-year total.

Calculate remaining ISC2 CPE credits against the current 60-credit three-year total.

Check the 120-CPE CISSP total while preserving the 90-Group-A minimum.

Check the 90-CPE total used by CCSP/CSSLP with at least 60 Group A credits.

Check the 60-CPE total used by SSCP/CGRC with at least 45 Group A credits.

Calculate remaining CPE hours against the 120-hour three-year total used by major ISACA certifications such as CISA, CISM and CRISC.

Check the annual 20-CPE floor separately from the 120-CPE three-year total.

For reporting periods governed by the 2027 policy, check whether at least 90 of 120 CPEs are certification-aligned and no more than 30 are professional-aligned.

Estimate how one activity could reduce remaining CPE totals for multiple ISACA credentials when the activity is relevant to each certification.

Calculate remaining CPEs against GIAC’s current 36-CPE renewal target over four years.

Estimate work-experience CPE credit subject to GIAC’s current maximum of 12 CPEs per renewal.

Spread remaining GIAC CPEs over the months left in the four-year certification period.

Add AWS’s current three-year validity period to the certification date as a planning estimate; your AWS account is the final source for the actual expiration date.

Add three years to an entered CE-credit earned date as a planning aid for Cisco’s current CE-credit validity policy.

Estimate the minimum unique credit workload across up to three jurisdictions when a verified activity is accepted by all of them.

Screen the common evidence and rule questions you should verify before counting an activity toward a credential or license.

Compare two credentials by total credits and cycle length to see their annualized maintenance pace side by side.

Estimate the unique continuing-education workload for two credentials when an activity may legitimately count toward both.

Choose the country where you want to practise and route a foreign qualification question toward the official recognition starting point before searching for the profession-specific regulator.

60 PDUs in a 3-year cycle; minimum 35 Education and maximum 25 Giving Back, with Talent Triangle minimums.

60 PDUs in a 3-year cycle under PMI’s current maintenance requirements.

60 PDUs in a 3-year cycle under PMI’s current maintenance requirements.

60 PDUs in a 3-year cycle under PMI’s current maintenance requirements.

15 PDUs in a 3-year cycle; minimum 9 Education and maximum 6 Giving Back, with Talent Triangle minimums.

30 PDUs in a 3-year cycle; minimum 18 Education and maximum 12 Giving Back under current PMI rules.

30 PDUs in a 3-year cycle under PMI’s current maintenance framework.

30 PDUs in a 3-year cycle under PMI’s current maintenance framework.

Eligible certification holders may have a 2026 maintenance pathway using curated Skill Builder training/labs; eligibility and timing depend on the credential.

Eligible associate, expert, and specialty certifications renew annually through a free online assessment in the renewal window; Fundamentals credentials do not expire.

Current CE target for Associate-level recertification is 30 credits; certification-specific pathways should be checked with Cisco.

Current CE target for Specialist-level recertification is 40 credits.

Current CE target for Professional-level recertification is 80 credits.

Current CE target for CCIE/CCDE Expert-level recertification is 120 credits.

60 professional development credits are required during a three-year recertification cycle.

60 professional development credits are required during a three-year recertification cycle.

Current HRCI total is 45 recertification credits for aPHR; always verify the current activity/category rules.

Current HRCI total is 60 recertification credits for PHR.

Current HRCI total is 60 credits, including a California-specific subrequirement.

Current HRCI total is 60 credits, including a Business-credit subrequirement.

Current HRCI total is 60 credits, including a Global-credit subrequirement.

CISSP currently requires 120 CPE credits over a three-year cycle.

CCSP currently requires 90 CPE credits over a three-year cycle.

SSCP currently requires 60 CPE credits over a three-year cycle.

Maintenance requirements are credential- and release-specific; LearnWithShery tracks the current published season/deadline and links to Trailhead for the exact module.

The revised 2026 CPE Standards became effective August 1, 2026, while actual CPA requirements remain jurisdiction-specific.

Hours, topics, deadlines, and first-renewal rules vary by state; use the state regulator as the final authority.

Texas currently requires 18 CE hours with specified Legal Update and contract-related components; additional rules can apply to supervisors/brokers.

Most licensees currently need 22.5 hours with mandatory topic components; first-term salesperson agency requirements differ.

Standard renewals currently use a 14-hour CE total, with cycle-specific mandatory topics and different first-renewal rules.

30 PDUs in a 3-year cycle; minimum 18 Education and maximum 12 Giving Back, with at least 4 PDUs in each Talent Triangle skill area.

30 PDUs in a 3-year cycle; minimum 18 Education and maximum 12 Giving Back, with at least 4 PDUs in each Talent Triangle skill area.

30 PDUs in a 3-year cycle; minimum 20 Education and maximum 10 Giving Back, with 3 Ways of Working, 7 Power Skills and 10 Business Acumen PDUs.

30 PDUs in a 3-year cycle; minimum 18 Education and maximum 12 Giving Back, with at least 4 PDUs in each Talent Triangle skill area.

45 HR recertification credits in a 3-year cycle; current HRCI ethics and activity rules still apply.

60 HR recertification credits in a 3-year cycle; current HRCI ethics and activity rules still apply.

60 recertification credits in a 3-year cycle, including at least 15 Business credits; current HRCI ethics rules also apply.

45 Group A CPE credits over the 3-year certification cycle; CC does not use Group B toward that total.

90 CPE credits over 3 years, including at least 60 Group A; up to 30 may be Group A or B.

60 CPE credits over 3 years, including at least 45 Group A; up to 15 may be Group A or B.

At least 20 CPE hours each year and 120 CPE hours over a 3-year reporting period, plus current maintenance fee, audit and ethics obligations.

At least 20 CPE hours each year and 120 CPE hours over a 3-year reporting period, plus current maintenance fee, audit and ethics obligations.

At least 20 CPE hours each year and 120 CPE hours over a 3-year reporting period, plus current maintenance fee, audit and ethics obligations.

At least 20 CPE hours each year and 120 CPE hours over a 3-year reporting period, plus current maintenance fee, audit and ethics obligations.

At least 20 CPE hours each year and 120 CPE hours over a 3-year reporting period, plus current maintenance fee, audit and ethics obligations.

36 CPEs during the 4-year certification period under GIAC’s current renewal program; activity caps and documentation rules vary by CPE type.