Complete the Application

Once you’ve determined you meet the eligibility criteria, it’s time to apply. Collect the following information and then use the PMI online certification system to guide you through the process:

• Contact information — email, address, phone number.
• Education attained — school attended, level of education attained, degree date.
• Professional Business Experience – you will have to demonstrate at least 8 years of professional business experience to fulfill the eligibility requirements of the PfMP certification. You will have to record a summary of your professional business experience as part of the application. Your portfolio management experience can apply as part of your professional business experience.
• Number of Months of Portfolio Management Experience – months of professional experience are calculated based on the start and end dates you provide for each portfolio you record as your portfolio management experience.

Once you open an application, it will remain active for 90 days after which time it will close.

Tip: To complete the application quickly, gather all of the information and documentation you need before opening it. Otherwise, it will likely take you multiple sessions to complete.

How to Apply?

1. Reread the PfMP Application & Payment Chapter in the PfMP Handbook.
2. Read these reviews:
   • PfMP® Lessons Learned. Application Process – linkedin.com/pulse/pfmp-lessons-learned-application-process-evgeniya-lapina-pfmp-pmp
   • PfMP exam preparation and exam experience – linkedin.com/pulse/pfmp-exam-preparation-experience-youssef-fawaz
   • My Journey to Succeed in PfMP(Portfolio Management) Exam – linkedin.com/pulse/my-journey-succeed-pfmpportfolio-management-exam-ravikumar-krishnan
   • Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) – projectmanagement.com/blog-post/54952/Portfolio-Management-Professional–PfMP–
   • LESSONS LEARNED ON MY (PFMP)® EXAM – blog.olbyshaju.com/lessons-learned-on-my-pfmp-exam
   • My Lessons Learned for (PfMP)® Exam – sridharpeddisetty.blogspot.com/2014/07/my-lessons-learned-for-pfmp-exam.html
   • PASS PfMP On 20_Aug_2019 – linkedin.com/pulse/pass-pfmp-20aug2019-riyad-almallak
   • PfMP® Certification Exam Preparation – My Lessons Learned – linkedin.com/pulse/pfmp-certification-exam-preparation-my-lessons-alkis-
3. Go to a PMI PfMP web-page PMI.org/certifications/types/Portfolio-Management-PfMP  and click on APPLY NOW button.

Tips for Completing the Experience Summaries

• Your answers should be clear and concise, and you should use proper English.
• Consider using a word processing application and spelling/grammar check functions to write/type out your responses, and then copy and paste your experience summaries into your application.
• Be sure to clearly address all elements of the option you select for each experience summary.
• Responses that adequately address all elements of the experience summaries will likely be 300–500 words.
• Portfolio background information provided in the work experience section of your application will be provided to panel reviewers. You do not have to repeat the portfolio description in your responses.

Your responses will be reviewed by a panel of portfolio management subject matter experts. The panel will be looking for evidence of your unique experience in portfolio management. In your responses, make sure you summarize:

• How you have operationalized portfolio management concepts.
• How the concepts were applied.
• Why these concepts were implemented.
• The results (if applicable).

Remember to provide relevant examples from your experience that illustrate to the panel reviewers the application of portfolio management concepts. Repetition or paraphrasing of content directly from published standards is not sufficient. Instead, provide specific examples from your personal experience as a portfolio manager.

• Please respond in the first person. We are interested in examples of your personal and individual contributions to the program.
  • Correct: I developed (or led the development of) the portfolio governance model by…
  • Incorrect: The portfolio team/We developed the portfolio governance model by…
• Do not describe portfolio management activities performed by others. Again, we are interested in your individual contribution.
• Describe how you applied portfolio management practices; avoid theoretical responses.
• Re-read your responses before submission to ensure that they are correct and complete.

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