Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: London

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Feb-17-2025

    London

  • Apr-21-2025

    London

  • June-09-2025

    London

  • Aug-18-2025

    London

  • Oct-20-2025

    London

  • Dec-08-2025

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Dec-30-2024

    Paris

  • Jan-20-2025

    Dubai

  • Feb-17-2025

    Singapore

  • Feb-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Feb-17-2025

    Paris

  • Feb-17-2025

    Barcelona

  • Feb-17-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Feb-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Mar-10-2025

    Dubai

  • May-19-2025

    Barcelona

  • May-19-2025

    Amsterdam

  • May-19-2025

    Paris

  • May-19-2025

    Istanbul

  • May-19-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-19-2025

    Singapore

  • May-19-2025

    Dubai

  • July-21-2025

    Dubai

  • Aug-18-2025

    Paris

  • Aug-18-2025

    Barcelona

  • Aug-18-2025

    Istanbul

  • Aug-18-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-18-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-18-2025

    Singapore

  • Sep-08-2025

    Dubai

  • Nov-17-2025

    Barcelona

  • Nov-17-2025

    Paris

  • Nov-17-2025

    Singapore

  • Nov-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-17-2025

    Dubai

  • Nov-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-17-2025

    Amsterdam

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Introduction to Portfolio Management 


  • PMI Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)® examination content outline
  • Introduction to PMI and PfMP certification
  • Defining portfolio and portfolio management
  • Understanding the relationship between portfolio components:


  • Program management 
  • Project management
  • Operations management



  • Describing the principles of portfolio management 
  • Identifying the role and responsibilities of a portfolio manager
  • Discussing interaction between portfolio management and organizational strategy

The Portfolio Life Cycle and Portfolio Strategic Management 


  • Describing the ongoing portfolio life cycle 
  • Understanding the portfolio management information system (PMIS)
  • Exploring the process of developing portfolio strategic objectives 
  • Understanding risk appetite in portfolio management 
  • Exploring the steps of creating a portfolio charter and roadmap
  • Discussing the criteria of evaluating and selecting portfolio key components 
  • Strategies for optimizing portfolio and managing the strategic alignment

Portfolio Governance and Capacity Management 


  • Introduction to portfolio governance: Concepts, principles and roles 
  • Recognizing the impact of portfolio governance on programs and projects 
  • Discussing factors of effective portfolio governance design 
  • Describing the capacity planning process 
  • Discussing supply and demand management and optimization strategies 
  • Tools and techniques to assess and develop capacity 
  • Methods for analyzing and reporting capacity performance
  • Best practices for balancing capacity and organizational capabilities

Portfolio Stakeholder Engagement and Value Management 


  • Techniques for defining, identifying and analyzing portfolio stakeholders
  • Discovering ways to plan for stakeholder engagement 
  • Discussing and identifying communication management approaches 
  • Strategies for effective management of portfolio communication 
  • Defining value management and its main components 
  • Exploring negotiation techniques of expected value 
  • Discussing value management strategies:



  • Value maximization strategies
  • Value assurance strategies
  • Value realization strategies
  • Value measurement and reporting strategies

Portfolio Risk Management 


  • Understanding the guiding principles of risk management 
  • Discussing portfolio risk management strategies 
  • Exploring the Portfolio Risk Management Framework 
  • Describing the main components of a risk management plan
  • Lessons learned and best practices
  • Final Q&A and course wrap-up
  • Simulated exam

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