PMI PfMP® — Portfolio Management Professional — Study Hub

Meet your PfMP® home base. This hub focuses on what portfolio managers do in real organizations: align investments to strategy, govern decisions, monitor portfolio health, manage portfolio-level risk, and communicate trade-offs and outcomes.

For the latest official requirements and updates, see PMI’s certification page: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/portfolio-management-pfmp

This hub’s syllabus is mapped to the official PfMP Examination Content Outline (2013) across five domains: Strategic Alignment, Governance, Portfolio Performance, Portfolio Risk Management, and Communications Management. Start with Overview for the official domain weights and exam structure notes.

What you’ll find here

• Overview: what PfMP tests and how to think through questions.
• Study Plan: 30/60/90‑day schedules you can actually follow.
• Syllabus: learning objectives by domain with quick links to topic practice.
• Cheatsheet: high-yield tables, checklists, and decision patterns (no policy clutter).
• Practice: drills and mixed sets in the Mastery Cloud app.
• FAQ: fast answers to common PfMP prep questions.
• Resources: official PMI links + primary guides used for this syllabus.

Who this is for

PfMP is designed for experienced practitioners who manage portfolios: selecting and balancing investments, optimizing capacity and funding, ensuring governance, and measuring benefits and strategic outcomes.

How to use this hub (simple loop)

1. Read the Overview to understand what the exam rewards.
2. Work through the Syllabus domain-by-domain.
3. Keep the Cheatsheet open while you do drills.
4. Use Practice to build speed, then repair weak objectives using the syllabus.

In this section

• PfMP® Cheatsheet — Portfolio Artifacts, Decision Rules, Checklists & Glossary
  High-yield PfMP® review: prioritization and scenario analysis, governance thresholds, portfolio health metrics, risk registers and reserves, communications playbooks, and a practical glossary.
• PfMP® FAQ — Common Questions (Prep, Focus, Scope)
  Fast answers to common PfMP® questions: how it differs from PMP/PgMP, what to focus on, and how to use this study hub.
• PfMP® Overview — What’s Tested and How to Prepare
  High-level PfMP® overview: what’s covered (strategy, governance, performance, risk, communications), what questions reward, common pitfalls, and a practical prep loop.
• PfMP® Practice — Topic Drills & Mixed Sets
  Open the practice app for PfMP®. Start with topic drills, then move to mixed sets to build speed and scenario instincts.
• PfMP® Resources — Official PMI Links and Primary Guides
  Official and primary resources for PfMP® prep: PMI certification page and the PfMP Examination Content Outline, plus key PMI standards/guides used for this syllabus.
• PfMP® Study Plan (30 / 60 / 90 Days)
  A practical PfMP® study plan: 30-day intensive, 60-day balanced, and 90-day part-time schedules with weekly focus by domain and tips for using the Mastery Cloud app.
• PfMP® Syllabus — Learning Objectives by Domain
  Blueprint-aligned PfMP® learning objectives organized by domain, with quick links to targeted practice for each topic.