The PfMP Examination Content Outline consists of several Domains: Strategic Alignment Governance Portfolio Performance Portfolio Risk Management Communications Management NOTE: You cannot simply practice answering questions to prepare for the PfMP exam. The questions are provided to help you assess your knowledge and to get you familiar with the types of questions that are on the Read more about Learning PfMP Domains[…]
Excellent! The hard work has been done; all the life cycle stages have been studied and checked by passing exams. Now it is time to look at your knowledge in another dimension – begin to fulfill tasks on the PfMP Domains. If you still have difficulties in training, uncertainty, feel gaps in your knowledge, have Read more about The Life Cycle of Portfolio is learned[…]
Monitor and control is one of the critical supportive activities for monitoring portfolio performance and recommending changes to the portfolio component mix and portfolio component performance and compliance with organizational standards. The purpose of monitor and control is to understand when changes need to be made to the portfolio or to the portfolio management processes. Read more about Learn Portfolio Monitor and Control[…]
Optimization is the process of making a portfolio as effective as possible by maximizing available conditions, constraints, and resources. Typically, the primary goal of portfolio optimization is to ensure that the available human, material, and financial resources are best applied to the appropriate remaining components of the portfolio. Although some organizations schedule regular optimization sessions, Read more about Learn Portfolio Optimization[…]
During periodic portfolio strategic planning, the portfolio business model is revisited to ensure that it is in alignment with customer values / benefits and business / organizational strategic goals. Initial optimization of the portfolio occurs as a result, because the portfolio is formally aligned to strategy during this phase. Portfolio metrics are reviewed to ensure Read more about Learn Portfolio Planning[…]
Initiation is an important stage. It is kicked off or informed by the formal release of business and/or organizational objectives and goals or to provide the management structure for previously disparate components. It sets the approach and principles for major processes that define how the portfolio and its components will be managed throughout the life Read more about Learn Portfolio Initiation[…]
Excellent! Hard work has been done; all the Knowledge Areas have been studied and checked by passing exams. Now it is time to look at your knowledge in another dimension – begin to pass tasks on the Life Cycle. If you still have difficulties in training, uncertainty, feel gaps in your knowledge, have unsolved questions, Read more about The Portfolio Knowledge Areas are learned[…]
A portfolio’s continuous life cycle consists of several stages: Initiation Planning Execution Optimization Monitoring and Control As a portfolio progresses through its life cycle, information and decisions are passed within and between each of these stages. This is ongoing and not necessarily sequential. Within the same business change life cycle, the portfolio can be “refreshed” Read more about Learning Life Cycle of Portfolio[…]
The primary objective of Portfolio Risk Management is to make sure that portfolio components will achieve the best possible success according to the organization’s strategy and business model. From a risk perspective, this is done through the balancing of risks, both positive (opportunities) and negative (threats). The managing of risks below the portfolio level is Read more about Learn Portfolio Risk Management[…]
Portfolio Value Management ensures that investment in a portfolio delivers the required return as defined in the organizational strategy, which is an expression of the stakeholder direction in defining portfolio components such as projects and programs. To learn the Portfolio Value Management you need: Read the chapter ‘Portfolio Value Management’ in the Standard for Portfolio Read more about Learn Portfolio Value Management[…]