Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®
Experience
8+ years of experienceExam length
170 questionsExam time
240 minutes
Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®
Experience
8+ years of experienceExam length
170 questionsExam time
240 minutesIs a PfMP right for you?
Your organization does the work right. But does it do the right work? As a portfolio manager, your role is essential to ensuring that the answer is “Yes.”
If you're an executive or senior-level practitioner managing a portfolio of projects, programs and operations aligned with organizational strategy and focused on doing the right work, then the PfMP is the right choice for you.
35%
Organizations with mature project portfolio management practices complete 35 percent more of their programs successfully.
1.5M+
PMI Certification holders worldwide including PMP®, CAPM®, PfMP, and more.
Path to a PfMP certification
Before you apply, make sure you meet one of the following sets of PfMP certification requirements:
Set A requirements
- Possess a minimum of 96 months of professional business experience within the last 15 years AND
- Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
- 84 months of portfolio management experience
Set B requirements
- Possess a minimum of 96 months of professional business experience within the last 15 years AND
- Four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent)
- 48 months of portfolio management experience
The Standard for Portfolio Management – Fourth Edition
PMI Standard
An important reference for portfolio managers, as well as project and program managers—regardless of industry or project delivery approach. In today’s environment of rapid change and constant disruption, highly-mature portfolio management practices have proven to be a vital tool to organizational success.
PMBOK® Guide
PMI Standard
Our flagship publication serves as the foundation for the vast body of knowledge in the field. The Seventh Edition captures and summarizes the 12 principles of project management and the eight project performance domains critical for the effective delivery of project outcomes.
Where holders drive success
Earning my PfMP certification helped me think more strategically. I became more aware of the whole organization, not just my projects.
Earning my PfMP certification helped me think more strategically. I became more aware of the whole organization, not just my projects.
Earning my PfMP certification helped me think more strategically. I became more aware of the whole organization, not just my projects.
Earning my PfMP certification helped me think more strategically. I became more aware of the whole organization, not just my projects.
As a PfMP-certified professional, I've honed my strategic mindset to curate projects and investments into strategic masterpieces. With this certification, I've successfully aligned portfolios with organizational goals, ensuring optimal resource allocation and value delivery.
As a PfMP-certified professional, I've honed my strategic mindset to curate projects and investments into strategic masterpieces. With this certification, I've successfully aligned portfolios with organizational goals, ensuring optimal resource allocation and value delivery.
As a PfMP-certified professional, I've honed my strategic mindset to curate projects and investments into strategic masterpieces. With this certification, I've successfully aligned portfolios with organizational goals, ensuring optimal resource allocation and value delivery.
As a PfMP-certified professional, I've honed my strategic mindset to curate projects and investments into strategic masterpieces. With this certification, I've successfully aligned portfolios with organizational goals, ensuring optimal resource allocation and value delivery.
As one of the few PfMPs in my geographical area, I have become a guide to my peers looking for a similar certification.
As one of the few PfMPs in my geographical area, I have become a guide to my peers looking for a similar certification.
As one of the few PfMPs in my geographical area, I have become a guide to my peers looking for a similar certification.
As one of the few PfMPs in my geographical area, I have become a guide to my peers looking for a similar certification.
Maintaining your PfMP certification
Earning your PfMP certification is a big step — maintaining it shouldn’t have to be. Continuing education is core to PMI certification. PfMP holders need to earn 60 professional development units (PDUs) in each 3-year cycle to maintain certification. Each PDU represents one hour spent:
- Learning
- Teaching others
- Presenting
- Reading
- Volunteering
- Content creating