Introduction to PfMP® Certification
What you'll learn
- Understand the basics of the portfolio management as per “The Standard for Portfolio Management – Third Edition” guide in a simpler way using visual representations.
- Be familiar with the PfMP exam outlines, exam question types, and the real exam screen.
Requirements
- Be familiar and having practical experience on the project management principles.
- Having a copy of the “The Standard for Portfolio Management – Third Edition” which was PMI certified in 2013
Description
The Introduction to Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) Certification course provides you with the basics of portfolio management standards as per the “The Standard for Portfolio Management – Third Edition” which was published by Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2013.
The Portfolio management certification is the highest recognized certification from the PMI, the project management institute.
By end of August 2017, the number of certified Portfolio management professionals world-wide was only 4 hundred and sixty-one. The PfMP certification is targeting a niche market and elite professionals.
This course simplifies the concepts of the portfolio management standards by developing charts that facilitate the concepts and eliminate the ambiguity.
This course uses standard color coding for the three process groups and maintains the same colors for the sixteen portfolio management processes.
This course shows the development stages for the five key deliverables and will pinpoint the relations between them.
The course includes sample PfMP exam questions with their answers covered in two quizzes.
If you are PfMP certified professional, after completing this course, you can claim 2 PDUs for your PfMP CCR program.
The Introduction to Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) Certification course includes the following sections:
1- PfMP® Certification - Introduction
This is an introduction for the whole course.
2- Portfolio Management Fundamentals
This section starts by covering the Portfolio Management Fundamentals including the definitions of Project, Program, Portfolio, and PMO. Then it elaborates more on the PMO to state the differences between the project management office, the program management office and the portfolio management office.
It also describes the portfolio management in details and goes through the project management, program management, and operations management.
This course explains the portfolio management process groups.
3- Portfolio Management Knowledge Areas
This section illustrates the Portfolio Management Five Knowledge Areas and goes over the sixteen portfolio management processes across those five knowledge areas.
4- PfMP Certification Exam Information
Finally, this section provides you with some basic information about the PfMP Certification Exam Information including the exam outlines, the exam question types and the real exam screen.
Please, go ahead and enroll in this course.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for the professionals who are looking for passing the Portfolio Management Professional ( PfMP® ) certification, of PMI
- This course is for the portfolio managers who want to digest the basics of the PMI standards of portfolio management.
- This course is for the portfolio management certified professional who want to earn 2 PDUs for their PfMP CCR program.
Course content
PfMP® Certification - Introduction1 lecture • 4min
- Course IntroductionPreview04:02
Portfolio Management Fundamentals6 lectures • 36min
Portfolio Management Knowledge Areas8 lectures • 32min
PfMP Certification Exam Information7 lectures • 12min
Instructor
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Leithy Mohamed Leithy is a certified Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®), Program Management Professional (PgMP®), and Project Management Professional (PMP®). He also has the certification of Project Management Office (PMOC), ITIL, COBIT, and CSSGB.
Leithy is an engineer graduated from Ain Shams University in Egypt in 1989. Later, he upgraded his educational level and got his master (MBA) in IT Management from Leicester University in the UK.
Leithy has extensive experience in portfolio management, program management, project management and PMO. He practiced the implementation of project management office, program management office, and portfolio management office for the different models: Supportive, Directive and Controlling.
He has practical experience in delivering sensitive projects and programs under high pressure, harsh target deadlines, and budget challenges. He developed project and program management methodologies and implemented them in large multi-national organizations.
He occupied different roles during his practical experience; project manager, program manager, professional services delivery manager, PMO officer, PMO manager, instructor, and book author.
He acquired excellent practical portfolio management experience while managing multiple portfolios and guiding the portfolio managers to achieve their target strategic and financial objectives.
He has many books in eBook format and paper format that are sold in the most famous worldwide bookstore; Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo, etc. He is the author of the following books:
- Passing the PfMP® Exam: A Study Guide
- Passing the PgMP® Exam: A Study Guide
- Passing the PMP® Exam: A Study Guide
He worked over the last twenty-five years with big firms and international enterprises and that strengthened his practical experience and added a lot to his pragmatic thinking. While concentrating on information technology, he interfered with different industries; educational, healthcare, financial, telecommunication, utilities, and oil and gas.
Combining the practical experience with the academic knowledge and international certifications creates an excellent understanding of the best practice and world-class standards.
Leithy is the founder of the 6P-Consulting management services company, which is specialized in project, program, portfolio, and PMO management services.