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.
Portfolio Strategic Alignment
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 real AI-era portfolios in her consulting practice.
Alina Piddubna
PfMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-CPMAI, PhD
Practical details
- Dates
- Open date - we are collecting a group
- Format
- Online, live · Ukrainian · English
- PDUs
- 24 (PMI ATP)
- Group size
- Very small cohort - limited places
Upcoming cohort
Reserve your spot and we will confirm the next start date as soon as the cohort is formed.
Register for the upcoming courseInstalment payment available · Corporate discount from 5 participants.