PfMP® Exam Prep
The rarest PMI certification. The one that proves you operate at the organizational level.
24 PDUs | Online · Ukrainian | English
The Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) is the most senior and least common credential in the PMI certification family. It certifies that you operate at the organizational level, aligning investments to strategy, governing AI portfolios, managing benefits across multiple programs and projects. Fewer than 5,000 professionals hold it globally. Alina Piddubna, INSTAR's lead instructor, is one of them, and one of the first in Ukraine.
For senior leaders who govern organizational performance through portfolios.
- Portfolio managers, PMO directors, and COOs responsible for governing AI-era investment portfolios.
- Senior program managers preparing to advance to the portfolio level.
- C-suite executives who want to demonstrate governance competence at the organizational level.
- Leaders in organizations where portfolio management is a strategic function, not an administrative one.
- Professionals who have already passed PMP and/or PgMP and want the full PMI certification ladder.
Not the right fit: PMI requires 8 years of project management experience, 5 years of portfolio management experience (non-overlapping), and a 4-year degree to apply for PfMP.
Why train with INSTAR
- Led by one of fewer than 5,000 PfMP holders globally, and one of the first in Ukraine.
- Panel review preparation, not just exam coaching.
- AI governance integrated into every domain, not treated as a separate topic.
- Very small cohort, limited places, individual application support.
5 sessions · Portfolio governance in the AI era
The PfMP curriculum covers the five performance domains from the Portfolio Management Standard. INSTAR's preparation integrates AI governance throughout, because portfolio management in 2026 means governing AI investments alongside traditional programs.
Connecting portfolio composition to organizational strategy
Investment selection and prioritization: frameworks and their limits
Portfolio balancing: optimizing across risk, return, and strategic fit
AI portfolio inclusion: how to assess and prioritize AI initiatives at the portfolio level
- •Connecting portfolio composition to organizational strategy
- •Investment selection and prioritization: frameworks and their limits
- •Portfolio balancing: optimizing across risk, return, and strategic fit
- •AI portfolio inclusion: how to assess and prioritize AI initiatives at the portfolio level
After this course you will be able to
- Pass the PfMP panel review and written exam.
- Govern organizational portfolios with the rigor and strategic clarity the credential demands.
- Align portfolio composition to organizational strategy in AI-era conditions.
- Lead benefits realization frameworks that hold executives accountable for portfolio outcomes.
- Hold the rarest credential in the PMI family, verified on Credly.
- Operate with credibility at the executive level on portfolio and AI governance decisions.
What's in the program
24 hours of instructor-led sessions.
PfMP-specific study materials and case scenarios.
Portfolio governance templates and frameworks.
INSTAR PMI ATP certificate + 24 PDUs (Credly verified).
Direct access to PfMP-certified lead instructor.
Application support: panel review preparation and documentation guidance.
Alina Piddubna, PfMP, PgMP, PMI-CPMAI, PhD.
Alina is one of fewer than 5,000 PfMP holders globally and one of the first in Ukraine. The course draws directly on her work managing live AI-era portfolios in her consulting practice.
Alina Piddubna
PfMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-CPMAI, PhD
Practical details
- Dates
- Group forming
- Format
- Online, live · Ukrainian · English
- PDUs
- 24 (PMI ATP)
- Group size
- Very small cohort, limited places
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Upcoming cohort
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