Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)

Become a certified Portfolio Management Professional with Atypix

The Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)® certification from PMI is the global benchmark for executives and leaders responsible for selecting, prioritising and governing an organisation's strategic investments. It validates your ability to align programs and projects with corporate strategy, optimise resource allocation and maximise value creation.

Atypix, a PMI Authorised Training Partner at Premier level (ATP Premier), prepares portfolio leaders, strategic PMO directors and senior executives for this advanced certification, across West Africa and Canada.

Fully online, live over MS Teams

This 30-hour course is delivered by an instructor holding the CAPM®, PMP®, PgMP® and PfMP® certifications. It covers every domain assessed on the PfMP exam, following PMI's Portfolio Management Examination Content Outline (ECO).

Participants build the capabilities required to run a strategic portfolio: investment governance, alignment with organisational strategy and optimisation of overall portfolio performance.

Support all the way to certification

Our approach combines interactive sessions, international case studies, hands-on exercises, mock exams, one-to-one coaching on the PMI application and preparation for the panel review.

Cohorts are capped at 12 participants to guarantee personalised support and sustained interaction with the instructor.

Register for the next PfMP cohort.

• Understand the fundamentals of portfolio management according to PMI standards
• Align investments, programs and projects with organisational strategy
• Build and steer a value-creating investment portfolio
• Establish an effective governance framework for the portfolio
• Prioritise initiatives against strategic objectives and organisational capacity
• Optimise resource allocation across projects, programs and operations
• Develop performance indicators for portfolio steering
• Prepare a PfMP application that meets PMI requirements
• Pass the PfMP exam through structured preparation and realistic simulations

This course is designed for experienced professionals in strategic governance, portfolio management or investment leadership roles:

• Portfolio managers
• PMO and Enterprise PMO directors
• Strategic program directors
• Transformation leads
• Chief operating officers
• Chief strategy officers
• Senior consultants in governance and portfolio management
• Executives involved in investment decisions

It suits candidates who meet PMI's eligibility requirements and are pursuing the highest global certification in portfolio management.

Participants typically come from banking, telecommunications, energy, infrastructure, the public sector, international organisations and large enterprises running strategically significant transformation programs.

Eligibility requirements set by PMI

To apply for the PfMP exam, PMI requires one of the following two paths:

Path A (secondary degree)
High school diploma or global equivalent, 96 months of professional business experience within the last 15 years and 84 months of portfolio management experience.

Path B (four-year degree)
Bachelor's degree or global equivalent, 96 months of professional business experience within the last 15 years and 48 months of portfolio management experience.

Prerequisites recommended by Atypix

Solid reading comprehension in English is recommended, as the exam is primarily delivered in English.

Significant experience in governance, portfolio management, strategic PMO or program leadership is strongly advised.

Holding the PMP or PgMP certification is an advantage but is not required.