ITIL Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program

This information is as of January 2025

Here is a guide which we hope you find helpful.

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Our motto at ITSM Academy is 'Educate & Inspire' and we applaud PeopleCert's newly introduced Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. We believe this program will elevate the industry and allow an ITIL certification to continue being one of the most valued in the IT industry.

Continuing professional development benefits industries, organizations and individuals. Industries benefit when practitioners experiment, innovate, and develop new ways of thinking and working. Organizations are able to use these best practices to achieve their goals and demonstrate their commitment to their employees. Individuals are able to improve their knowledge and skills and advance their careers.

Earn your CPDs to maintain your certificate(s), ensuring that you stay up-to-date in your field. Elevate your career by gaining access to top-notch articles, best practices, exam materials, templates, practice guides and exclusive webinars, all available through your PeopleCert Plus membership.

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receive a multi-year extension on all certifications, including those from the DevOps Institute.

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With the CPD Route, PeopleCert Plus Membership (required), you must log 20 CPD points a year

for three consecutive years (you can't log 60 at once, it has to be 20 per year).

One year of 20 points, does not award you a one year extension. Here is a table to break it down for you:

CPD Category	Activity Examples
Professional Experience (Minimum 5 points required)	Professional practice: applying best practice in the workplace Coaching colleagues in relation to best practice Mentoring individuals or groups to support their development Work shadowing colleagues in relation to best practice
Professional Education (Maximum of 15 points allowed)	PeopleCert certifications Other certifications from PeopleCert Accredited Training Organizations (ITSM Academy) Other certifications from non-PeopleCert Training Orgs ITSM Academy has not been provided any specifics on this yet; we are waiting on reply Professional qualifications from awarding bodies Reading relevant books, publications, research, white papers etc. Engaging with podcasts and webinars
Community (Maximum of 15 points allowed) Download PeopleCert's CPD Guide in .pdf	Organizing industry / best practice related events Contributing to community discussion forums Authoring thought leadership Attending industry events Reading community discussion forums Volunteering to share your knowledge and experience

While we are always happy to assist our learners, if you have specific questions, we ask that you send them to:

customerservice@peoplecert.org

and cc: support@itsmacademy.com

As scenario based questions are being answered by PeopleCert, we will continue to update our knowledgebase

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We have all the classes you need to earn your ITIL Master designation. Successfully completing each course not only moves you closer to achieving ITIL Master, it allows you to demonstrate your commitment to continuing professional development and renew all of your ITIL certificates for three years as part of the PeopleCert Continuing Professional Development program.

The ITIL 4 Master designation recognizes individuals that have developed a broad and deep base of knowledge about IT service management during their training and certification journey and have mastered the full suite of ITIL competencies. This designation demonstrates the capability to apply the principles, concepts, methods and techniques from ITIL in the workplace at strategic, tactical and operational levels. Perhaps most importantly, it demonstrates a commitment to learning and continuing professional development.

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