Sample Videos: PMP Live Lessons (PMBOK7, PMBOK6, APG, PG2) – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

 

This is in continuation of the following post: 

• PMP Live Lessons, Guaranteed Pass Course – PMBOK7 Content Update

In this post, 7 sample videos have been made public. These are related to the PMBOK Guide, 7th Edition, with which the Guaranteed PMP course has been updated. The access to these videos is completely free and can be seen at the YouTube channel of Management Yogi.

The videos are from:

• Lesson – 16: PMBOK7 Management (7 videos)
• Video 16.1 Learning Objectives
• Video 16.4 Key Terms and Concepts
• Video 16.10 Principle Statement, Label and Tag
• Video 16.11 Stewardship Principle
• Video 16.36 DALC Performance Domain
• Video 16.42 Models, Methods and Artifacts (MMAs)
• Video 16.49 Final Words - PMBOK7

You can check these videos one by one.

Complete course content is available in the below link with the lessons and videos:

https://www.managementyogi.com/p/pmp-live-lessons.html

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Videos: Lesson 16 – PMBOK7 Management

Video 16.1 – Learning Objectives (3m:27s)

This video explains the learning objectives for the new lessons on PMBOK7 Management, dedicated to the PMBOK Guide, 7th edition. 

Video 16.4 – Key Terms and Concepts (4m:19s)

Several new terms are introduced in PMBOK7, in addition to those used in PMBOK6 and the Process Group Practice Guide (PG2). These terms are essential for progressing further—for example, the definition of outcome. 

Video 16.10 – Principle Statement, Label and Tag (2m: 58s)

For the first time, PMBOK7 introduces 12 principles. Unlike PMBOK6, it follows a principle-based approach to project management. To understand these principles, you need to know the complete statement, the label, the tag, and the associated key points. 

Video 16.11 – Stewardship Principle (7m: 31s)

Stewardship and leadership are two completely different concepts, though many confuse them. PMBOK7 rightly presents them as separate principles: the Stewardship Principle and the Leadership Principle. This video explains the Stewardship Principle (PR). 

Video 16.36 – DALC Performance Domain (10m: 19s)

The Development Approach and Life Cycle (DALC) performance domain (PD) is crucial to understand, as it sets the tone for project planning. It covers not only the development approach and project life cycle with its phases, but also the delivery cadence. This video explains these aspects in detail.  

Video 16.42 – Models, Methods and Artifacts (3m: 02s)

Beyond the 12 principles (PRs) and 8 performance domains (PDs), the PMBOK7 Guide also introduces a number of models, methods, and artifacts (MMAs). These MMAs are applied to the PDs to achieve desired outcomes and deliver value. This video provides an introduction to the MMAs.  

Video 16.49 – Final Words (1m: 22s)

This video concludes Lessons 16 – PMBOK7 Management. It provides instructions to review the material and encourages you to practice sufficiently with PMBOK7 through lesson-end practice questions. In addition, a dedicated PMBOK7 question set is provided for further practice. 

To know more about this course and what the updated Guaranteed PMP or Your Money Back Program has with the introduction of PMBOK7, please refer to:

PMP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back


If you require more information, please send a mail to: managementyogi@gmail.com

You can also see the sample videos in a playlist.

• PMP Guaranteed Pass - PMBOK7 Playlist (7 Videos) 
• PMP Guaranteed Pass - All Samples Playlist (43 Videos) 

More on PMP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass:

• PMP LIVE LESSONS Success Stories
• PMP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

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• PMP 35 Contact Hours Online: Full Money Back Guarantee

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Agile and Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Three Cs of a User Story and Three Cs of a Prompt

Agile and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are not exactly cousins or twins. At a fundamental level, there are differences. Agile is about iterative and incremental development, whereas AI is about data-driven learning. Agile is about fast delivery, whereas AI is about fast learning, particularly considering the large language models (LLMs). 

In addition, Agile is about delivering value, whereas AI is extracting value from data. Agile revolves around user stories, whereas AI is mainly about data stories!

So, how does one compare and contrast Agile with AI?

In this article, we will explore more and we will learn through two building blocks of Agile and AI. For Agile, it’ll be the user stories or simply stories. For AI, on the other hand, it’ll be the prompts. 

We will start with the basics and then proceed to the three Cs of user stories and prompts. Prompt engineering is an emerging field in AI and indeed, there are job postings related to it, worldwide. Though a new engineering field, there are commonalities with the “Cs” of a use story, which will make prompts more understandable. 

So, let’s start with the basics.

What’s a Story in Agile?

A story replaces requirements in Agile development. I’ll define a story as follows:

"A story is a brief description of deliverable value to a stakeholder."

But you’d have definitely come across the concept of “User Story”. So, what’s that? A User Story is a story about a particular user. Yes, it’s that simple! For example, the user can be a:

• a customer, 
• a system administrator, 
• a sales person, 
• an employee, 
• or any other. 

You can learn more about story and user story here.

What’s a Prompt in AI?

With prompts, an AI model generates a response. The better the prompt, the better the response. Again, I’ll define a prompt in simple terms as follows:

“A prompt is an input instruction to an AI model.”

That’s it! It’s basically an instruction given to an AI model, e.g., GenAI model. 

Now, like stories, there can be varieties of prompts such as Natural Language Prompts for natural language processing (NLP), System Prompts with predefined instructions or templates, which can be loaded into an AI model to generate concise and clear responses. 

Next, with these basics in mind, let’s dive deeper into the three Cs of stories and three Cs of prompt engineering.   

Three Cs in Agile Use Story (Scrum or Kanban)

The three Cs are actually for user stories, but can be applied to other types of stories. You can use them both in Scrum or Scrum at Scale (see here), and Kanban or Kanban at Scale (see here). The three Cs are:

Card: A card represents the user story’s intent. It can be on an index card, sticky note, or an electronic card. The most used one is a sticky note on a Scrum or Kanban board. This is the visible part of the three Cs.

Conversation: A conversation represents a promise of interaction. This interaction is between the developers and customer, or a proxy of the customer, e.g. the Product Owner.

Confirmation: A confirmation is the verification part of the story. It provides the acceptance criteria and it ensures that the story is properly and correctly implemented. 

A figurative representation of these three Cs in a user story is shown below. 

Three Cs of an AI Prompt

Here, the three Cs are actually for a Prompt, a key aspect in having right conversation with an AI tool, when generative AI is used. The three Cs are:

Clarity: The clarity part is about clear instructions given in the prompt to the AI-bot. A clear instruction helps the AI tool to understand the intent of the user. The instruction should be unambiguous. 

Context: The content part is about background information related to the instructions. It can be associated with a persona, a real-world figure or examples. This guides the AI prompt and actually, the model behind it. 

Constraint: The constraint part refers to the limitations put in the prompt. Constraints set the boundaries or the boundary conditions. The constraints can be with respect to length, format, style, or others.

A figurative representation of these three Cs in a prompt is shown below.

Can 'command' be a "C" for a prompt? No. Because the prompt itself is a command! Isn't it? This is what I wrote in the definition of a prompt in the beginning. In other words, the instruction itself is a command to the AI model.

Types of Stories in Agile 

In an article of Stories about Stories in Agile for Product Managers, I’ve informed about a number of stories with examples. You can read the full article here. At a high level, the types of stories are:

• User Stories
• Spike Stories
• Architecturally Significant Stories
• Analysis Stories
• Infrastructure Stories

For each of the above types of examples are given, followed with exercise. You can try those. 

Types of Prompts in AI

Just as there are types of stories, there are also different types of prompts. The three Cs of stories can be applied to the types of stories and three Cs of prompts can be applied to types of prompts. 

For example, following can be the types of Prompts:

• Zero-shot prompts,
• Single-shot prompts,
• Multi-shot prompts, 
• Chain of Thought (CoT) prompts, among many others.

However, in this article, our focus is on the three Cs. So, let’s take some examples to understand the three Cs and three Cs of User Stories and Prompts.

Examples – Three Cs in a (User) Story

For a user story, as we just saw in the article, the 3 Cs are – card, conversation and confirmation. 

Card: Here is an example prompt written on a card. 

• Incorrect way: “I want a search function.”
• Correct Way: “As a home user, I want to search by water purifier product, so that I can find the right purifier.”

Conversation: Conversation happens between the developers and the customer. Here, the Product Owner (PO) acts as the proxy of the customer. One example conversation might look like this:

• Developer: “Do we need to provide all water purifier product names or specific top selling products?”
• PO: “Initially let’s make it brand specific.”
• Developer: “Can you tell what are the brands we include?”
• PO: “We can start with Brand ABC.”
• Developer: “Should it be applicable to all interfaces – web, mobile and desktop?”
• PO: “Let’s start with the web first.”
• …
• …

The conversation gets more and more refined as the conversation progresses. 

Confirmation: Confirmation is primarily about acceptance criteria.

Followings are some of the examples of acceptance criteria, assuming the story is really refined and can be done in one Release (as in Kanban) or Sprint (as in Scrum).

• The water purifier items to be listed as the search function is executed.
• At least three items from the same brand – Brand ABC – should be listed.
• The items are both from regular and advertise items.
• If no matching for the product item, then no a message of "no products found" should be displayed. 

Examples – Three Cs in a Prompt

For a prompt used on large language models (LLMs) in GenAI, as we know earlier, the three Cs are – clarity, context, and constraint. 

Let’s look at some examples showing both correct and incorrect prompts for each of the aforementioned Cs.

Clarity: Here is an example prompt with clarity. 

• Incorrect Way: “Tell me about this article.”
• Correct Way: “Summarize the following article in a few sentences.”

Context: Below is an example prompt with context, i.e., background information. 

• Incorrect Way: “Give a summary of hybrid-agile management.” 
• Correct Way: “Considering CHAMP certification from ManagementYogi, summarize the hybrid-agile model and management used in bulleted points.”

Constraint: Here is an example prompt with constraint, i.e., setting the boundaries. 

• Incorrect Way: “Explain CIPSA scaled agile.”
• Correct Way: “Write a summary of Practical Scaled Agile certification of CIPSA from ManagementYogi in 100 words or less.”

As you can see, in the first one, we set a clear tone. In the next prompt (or command), we specified CHAMP certification from ManagementYogi, which provided the context. And in the final prompt, we set the boundary to 100 words for the information related to the CIPSA credential. One hundred words indeed set a constraint.

Using Microsoft Copilot

Among multiple Generative AI (GenAI) models, I found MS Copilot to be the most honest one! 

Others hallucinated and/or many times, provided entirely incorrect information. Microsoft Copilot, a GenAI model, gave the correct information. You can check here.

For MS Copilot, a snippet without the three Cs – clarity, context and constraint – is shown below. You can also write the prompt and test it in various AI models to validate their honesty and integrity. Again, other GenAI models may hallucinate and/or generate completely outlandish information. 

                  

Next, I wrote a prompt with clarity and provided the context. I also set a constraint of 100 words. The response from the AI model is shown below. 

As shown above, the AI model understood. It not only kept it within 100 words, without any extra beautification and addition of its own, but also showed the actual sources. Simple, short, and effective. 

I then asked the following question to Copilot LLM about  practical, hands-on Hybrid-Agile certification. It correctly recognized and gave accurate information.

Indeed, the CHAMP certification is widely and truly recognized as the only practical, hands-on Hybrid-Agile certification, worldwide. As a matter of fact, highly experienced professionals, who are CHAMPs, have written on it. But other LLMs either showed it briefly or were totally wrong.

In all the above cases, other AI models deliberately omitted the source(s) or flip-flopped between showing or not showing the source(s). Above all, most of the time, their information was wrong and misleading with high verbosity.  

Conclusion

Like we apply who, what and why concepts while writing user story on a card, for a prompt too, we can also use them for prompt creation. The table below provides some examples. 

As shown above, we have the examples for both user story and prompts. 

• For the user story: Who is you as a traveler, what is about choosing the travel date and why is for proper itinerary.  
• For the prompt: Who is you as a project manager, what is about summarizing the meeting transcript and why is for action items. 

Finally, as noted at the beginning of the article:

• Agile focuses on delivering value to customers early and frequently.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) focuses on extracting value from data.
• In Agile, the interplay is between team members, whereas in AI, it’s between algorithms and data.

In order to get the right value from an AI model, not only your data, but your prompt also should be good and well-structured. 

Above all, the AI model must have integrity. When you try AI models, also remember to check the integrity of the models and honesty of their responses and ensure right reference sources are provided by the model. 

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This article is dedicated to the memory of my father, the late Harendra Nath Dash, who passed away on June 11, 2019. He didn’t just teach me, but taught me how to learn and apply. It’s a tribute to him and his teachings.

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Webinar Series: Scrum at Scale with Hands-on Practical Applicability

In a recent article for Scrum at Scale – CIPSA Key Roles and Goals, I wrote about the power of simplicity. I also said simple is beautiful and simplicity sticks. It's applicable in all walks of our lives. You can read it here.

Simple people are liked more, trusted more. Simple things are easily remembered and hence followed. Simple, elegant dresses are natural and indeed, beautiful. Simple manners, for example just a simple and genuine 'thank you' goes a long way many times with the right people in the right environment. 

In any human endeavor, simplicity is a powerful tool. A simple message is more effective and efficient than a long, complicated message. A simple person or organization is easier to work with than a complicated one. However, to make things simple is not that simple. In fact, it' very hard, long-drawn and has to be cultivated. 

The Certified In Practical Scaled Agile (CIPSA) framework strives to be simple. I believe it's the simplest possible framework for Agile at Scale in the world. In addition, it's the only practical Scaled Agile framework in the world.

As shown above, the CIPSA Scrum Framework extends team-level Scrum in a minimal possible way. There are no layers and layers of backlogs, layers and layers of roles and events. If you read the CIPSA Guide – free to download and use, you’d immediately notice these:

• The roles are just two.
• The goals are just two.
• The events are just a few.
• The artifacts are just three.

Considering multiple Individual Scrum Teams and agile at scale, it’s a simple, yet powerful framework. If you know the Scrum approach, you’ll understand quickly understand the CIPSA Scrum Framework. In addition, the CIPSA framework can use any software tool, including MS Project Agile. 

In my upcoming webinar series conducted by Master Projects for Unlimited Growth (MPUG), you’ll learn about scaling, aspects of scaling, other scaling frameworks, the CIPSA Framework (specifically the CIPSA Scrum Framework), various parts of the framework and more. In the final part, we will also see practical, hands-on demonstrations. 

Join me in these three-part webinar series to know more on Scrum at Scale using the CIPSA Framework. The links are noted below. Registration is closed. 

Below are the event details.

Part - 1: Understanding Scaling with Scrum

• Date: March 12, 2025
• Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET, US
  09:30 PM - 10:30 PM, IST, India
• Event Brief: https://mpug.com/event/scaling-scrum-with-hands-on-applicability-understanding-scaling-with-scrum-part-1/

Part - 2: Scrum at Scale with the CIPSA Framework

• Date: March 19, 2025
• Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET, US
  09:30 PM - 10:30 PM, IST, India
• Event Brief: https://mpug.com/event/scaling-scrum-with-hands-on-applicability-scaled-scrum-with-cipsa-framework-part-2/

Part - 3: Scrum at Scale with CIPSA and MS Project Agile

• Date: March 26, 2025
• Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET, US
  09:30 PM - 10:30 PM, IST, India
• Event Brief: https://mpug.com/event/scaling-scrum-with-hands-on-applicability-hands-on-scaled-scrum-with-ms-project-part-3/

Note: You need not have in-depth knowledge of Scrum to understand Scrum at Scale with CIPSA. Also, if you don’t know anything at all about Scrum, you can join, too. We will have a brief discussion on Scrum. 

If you have missed Part 1 of the series, a summary is here.

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The contents of this webinar series are taken from Certified In Practical Scaled Agile (CIPSA) course . This is the only practical, hands-on, scaled-agile certification course in the world.

References

[1] New Practical Scaled Agile Framework - The CIPSA Framework, by Satya Narayan Dash

[2] Understanding the CIPSA Scrum Framework, by Satya Narayan Dash

[3] Certified In Practical Scaled Agile (CIPSA) course, by ManagementYogi.com

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – PfMP Live Lessons Course and PfMP Online Exam Prep Course

 

This is in continuation of the following posts:

• PfMP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back
• PfMP Online Exam Prep – With Full Money-Back Guarantee
• Course Comparison – PfMP Online Exam Prep Vs. PfMP Live Lessons, Guaranteed Pass

These are the frequently asked questions (FAQs) on ManagementYogi’s PfMP Online Exam Prep and PfMP Live Lessons courses. In this post, I’ve tried to answer as many questions as I can for both the above courses.

Quickly see the differences between PfMP Live Lessons and PfMP Online Exam Prep here: [Link]

If you have any other questions, please send a mail to managementyogi@gmail.com. 

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Question – 1: Is Project Management Professional (PMP®) mandatory to be a Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®)?

Answer: This, perhaps, is one of the most frequent questions I receive. The short answer is NO.

It’s not mandatory to be a PMP (or PgMP®) to be a Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP). You can directly go for the PfMP certification. This is also noted in the PfMP handbook, albeit tacitly. I’ve seen professionals who went directly for PfMP and successfully cleared it.

Along with education (secondary diploma or bachelor’s degree) and business work experience of 8 years, you need to have 48 months (for bachelor’s degree) or 84 months (for secondary diploma) of portfolio management experience. 

Question – 2: What standards, books or guides etc. are followed in both the courses – PfMP Live Lessons and PfMP Online Exam Prep?

Answer: The main standard followed is the Standard for Portfolio Management from Project Management Institute (PMI®). Both the courses are compliant with this standard. In addition, there are a number of reference books, which are used while preparing the courses. 

The PfMP Live Lessons course also refers to the Risk Management Standard in Portfolios, Programs and Projects, the Standard for Program Management Standard and the PMBOK Guide, whenever needed. 

It’s pertinent to note that the PfMP exam will be based on the Exam Content Outline (ECO). Both the courses diligently follow the domains and tasks as outlined in the ECO.

Question – 3: What are the applicability and validity of these courses?

Answer: Considering applicability, both these courses for Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) exam are based on the Standard for Portfolio Management. 

PfMP Online Exam Prep: The price of the course is $299 USD (Rs 26,909) for 6 months access or $449 (Rs 40,409) for 1-year access. The duration of the course is for 6 months or 1-year from the date of purchase. 

PfMP Live Lessons: The price of the course is $499 USD (Rs 44,909) for 6 months access or $749 (Rs 67,419) for 1-year access. The duration of the course is for 6 months or 1 year from the date of purchase.

Question – 4: What are the durations and number of videos for these courses?

Answer: Both these courses have the necessary and needed content to prepare well for the PfMP exam. 

PfMP Online Exam Prep: The course has a duration of 12 hours (approx.). It has 188 videos with the needed coverage. Considering all (lesson-end questions, full-length Q&A sets), the total learning will be over 30 hours.

PfMP Live Lessons: The course has a duration of 27 hours (approx.). It has 380 videos with exhaustive coverage. Considering all (lesson-end questions, full-length Q&A sets), the total learning will be over 60 hours.

Question – 5: What are full money back guarantees for these courses?

Answer: Both courses come with full money-back guarantees.

PfMP Online Exam Prep: This course comes with a full money back guarantee for 15 days. Entire course content with all questions will be available to you. You can evaluate the course for 15 days. If you don’t like the course, I’ll refund your full money.

To know more, watch this video: https://youtu.be/-EcaxtcWJEE

PfMP Live Lessons: This course comes with a full money-back guarantee linked to you passing the PfMP exam. You go through the course and give the exam. In case you couldn’t clear the exam, I’ll refund your full money. 

To know more, watch this video: https://youtu.be/Su2YGIJx5as

To know more comparisons between these courses, please refer:

Course Comparison: PfMP Online Exam Prep Vs. PfMP Live Lessons

Question – 6: Does the course PfMP Online Exam Prep provide any contact hours? Is there any requirement for contact hours for the PfMP exam?

Answer: NO. There is no need for any contact hours for your PfMP exam, unlike the PMP, RMP or ACP examinations. 

The PfMP Online Exam Prep is not a mandatory contact hours course. It’s a preparatory course for your PfMP exam.

Question – 7: Why should I opt for these courses instead of classroom training?

Answer: Because, these trainings are:

• Convenient - you can learn at your own time with your own speed. You can watch the content as many times as you want.
• Longer duration - 6 months of duration (not just 4 or 5-days of training)
• Low cost - much lower than classroom training. 

Also, if you are going for a classroom training, but the training is useless because you understood little to nothing, then where is the value? I've seen many such cases where aspirants suffer. 

Question – 8: What is ManagementYogi’s Course Completion Certificate for these courses?

Answer: After you’ve completed the courses (either PfMP Live Lessons or PfMP Online Exam Prep), an end-course assessment will be conducted. Post the assessment, you’ll be eligible to get ManagementYogi’s Course Completion Certificates. You can use this certificate to claim multiple professional development units (PDUs).

A step-by-step document will be shared with you to get the PDUs and you can submit your PDU application to PMI.

Question – 9: Are there any plan of action(s) on how to complete these courses?

Answer: Yes, absolutely. Both courses come with a plan of action to complete. The plan will be shared with you when you purchase the course. Plans will be different for respective courses of PfMP Live Lessons and PfMP Online Exam Prep.

You will receive a plan of action which illustrates the course structure, hours per individual lessons, number of videos, and number of questions – both lesson end practice questions and full-length questions. Based on it, you have to follow a simple plan on completing the course and take your PfMP exam. 

Question – 10: How can you provide PfMP training when not an ATP or REP?

Answer: This is one of the biggest misconceptions that only Authorized Training Partners (ATPs) or Registered Education Providers (REPs) can give PfMP training. It is just not true. PMI clearly informs that there are multiple options to get the training. 

• PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s)
• PMI Authorized Training Partners (ATPs)
• PMI chapters
• Employer/company-sponsored programs
• Training companies or consultants (e.g., training schools)
• Distance-learning companies, including an end-of-course assessment
• University/college academic and continuing education programs

Also, there are no requirements for the contact hours and hence the question of being an ATP or REP, in fact, does not arise.

Question – 11: What are Evaluation – 1 and Evaluation – 2 for the PfMP exam?

Answer: Simply put following are the details.

• Evaluation – 1 is the Panel Review. It’s an initial evaluation with respect to your submitted application. A panel of portfolio managers will assess your application.
• Evaluation – 2 is the Actual PfMP Exam. Here, you’ll have to take the exam to be PfMP certified. It’s after Evaluation – 1.

You’ll know more about it when you subscribe to either of the courses.

Question – 12: What are 48-84 notations used while filling the PfMP Exam application forms?

Answer: This is a figurative way of saying. It means 48 months of portfolio management experience, if you're a bachelor's degree holder. On the other hand, you need to have 84 months of portfolio management experience, if you're a high-school diploma holder.

Again, you’ll know more about it when you subscribe to either of the courses. 

Question – 13: Why should I go with Management Yogi, compared to others?

Answer: Indeed, there are many providers who provide PfMP training. 

However, usually they do not have any real-world portfolio management experiences. They work on an aggregator model and have no real contribution of their own with respect to the domain of portfolio and portfolio management. They are primarily focused on high profit. They sell at throwaway prices so that they will get more subscribers and make more money. You don’t get anything of real value.

There are also many providers, who sell the courses at thousands of dollars (at least a thousand dollars or closely in that range). But they don’t actually have the needed capability or expertise. 

I’m engaged in portfolio management, continuously writing on it, contribute towards it. The courses are continuously upgraded based on the feedback from successful PfMPs. I’ve also enabled many PfMPs by checking their application forms. 

So, you decide – whom to choose:  Aggregator model with no real portfolio management passion or from someone who is continuously engaged in portfolio management domain and have created many successful PfMPs?

The training can be provided by PfMPs, but beyond the training, they won't be able to commit as they do other work. I'm completely involved in your PfMP journey.

Simply speaking, decide whom would you choose – their high profit (and many times useless training) or your probable success?

You can also compare this course with courses provided by any other provider on these aspects:

• Price
• Quality
• Content
• Coverage

Question – 14: How will you support the PfMP application process and submission to PMI?

Answer: As PfMP application is completely different from others (say PMP), full support will be provided to prepare for the application. This is only applicable for the Guaranteed PfMP pass (PfMP Live Lessons) course. 

Few templates will be shared with you along with the directions to fill the application form. Next, a few iterations will be there to review your PfMP application. In the reviews, your application will be checked by ManagementYogi with suggestions and feedback to improve. 

Finally, you can go ahead and submit your application to PMI.

Question – 15: What happens when my application is selected for audit? What will be needed?

Answer: As per Project Management Institute (PMI®), in the event of an audit, the candidate would need to supply proof of the education in the form of a transcript, and/ or a certificate of completion.

PMI can also ask signatures from your supervisor/manager from the projects and/or programs recorded in your application.

The audit happens post the PfMP application submission. PMI audits take time. I’ve also seen it to be completed in a few days.

Question – 16: Will you help if my application is selected for audit?

Answer: Yes, absolutely. You’ll get the support.

Question – 17: Will there be any support if any questions arise during the learning of PfMP course(s)?

Answer: Yes, definitely. Please send an email to managementyogi@gmail.com and your questions will be answered within 3 working days or 72 hours.

This, in fact, is one of the biggest advantages you will have compared to other providers. As they are just course aggregators, they don’t have the domain knowledge. I’ll be involved with you throughout your PfMP journey.

Question – 18: What is your success rate for the PfMP exam, who have taken the courses or classes?

Answer: The success rate of people who have sincerely prepared with the PfMP course and/or content, is high.

The Online Courses have been launched for the first time. These are reflections of my teachings. It has also much more details, e.g.,

• 100s of videos and exercises (one of its kind)
• A number of full-length Q&A set on Portfolio Management
• A number of lesson-end practice questions
• Detailed end-course assessment

These are not possible with classroom sessions.

I believe these courses will give you better learning, practice for your exam and prepare you well for the PfMP exam. I also believe if you sincerely do this course, your chance of success in the exam is high.

Notes:

• You can evaluate over 2o and/or 25 videos before paying any money, for PfMP Online Exam Prep and PfMP Live Lessons courses, respectively. 
• Both these courses come with full money back guarantee, as noted earlier.

Question – 19: How many full-length practice question sets do these courses have?

Answer: The number of full-length question sets for both the PfMP courses are noted below.

PfMP Online Exam Prep: You will get two full-length questions with detailed answers. In total, you have over 400 practice questions, including lesson-end questions.

PfMP Live Lessons: You will get four full-length questions with detailed answers. In total, you have over 1,000 practice questions, including lesson-end questions and Smart Cards.

For more details, please refer:

Course Comparison: PfMP Exam Prep Online Vs. PfMP Live Lessons

If you have any other questions or clarifications, please send a mail to managementyogi@gmail.com. If this course has those features, I’ll inform you with all the details. If it does not, then also, you will be clearly informed. There won’t be any round-about answers, tricky lines or deceptive answers.

PfMP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass:

• PfMP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

PfMP Online Exam Prep:

• PfMP Online Exam Prep - Full Money Back Guarantee

Book for PfMP Exam:

• Book for PfMP Exam Prep: I Want To Be A PfMP

Course Comparison – PfMP Online Exam Prep Vs. PfMP Live Lessons

As announced earlier, two new course are now available for the Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) exam – PfMP Online Exam Prep and PfMP Live Lessons. Next, a genuine and pertinent query is to know the differences. This post informs on it. It addresses these two questions:

• Which course to go for: PfMP Online Exam Prep or PfMP Live Lessons? 
• What are the differences between the two courses?

Do note that both these courses are unique and are ONLY such courses in the world. No one gives money-back guarantee (but everyone claims to give!), without a number of terms and conditions (T&Cs). Both these courses come with full money-back guarantee. There are no tricks or deceptive lines. These are simple, direct and upfront money-back guarantees. 

Fundamental Difference

At the fundamental level, these two PfMP courses vary with their goals and objectives and associated mottos. 

For PfMP Online Exam Prep, we have:

1. One Goal: Get the PfMP hours of learning with complete satisfaction. 
2. One Objective: Get the PfMP Online Exam Prep Certificate.
3. One Motto: Don’t just get casually trained on PfMP exam. Understand fully, learn strongly and prepare well for your PfMP exam.

You learn more on it, watch this video: https://youtu.be/-EcaxtcWJEE 

For PfMP Live Lessons too, we have:

1. One Goal: You clear the PfMP exam. 
2. One Objective: Crack the PfMP exam in 6 months.
3. One Motto: Learn deeply to clear the PfMP exam.

You learn more on it, watch this video: https://youtu.be/Su2YGIJx5as 

With this background, let's see the other main differences.

Other Main Differences

I've included goal and objectives as the first two. Other main differences follow in the below two tables. Actually, it’s one table, but I’ve segregated them into two in order to have better visibility and understanding.

The second part of this table is noted below.

*Note* Price for courses:

• For PfMP Online Exam Prep: $299 USD/ Rs 26,909 (6 months access) [details]
• For PfMP Live Lessons: $499 USD/ Rs 44,909 (6 months access) [details]

Time Vs. Money 

I keep on saying: Time is more important than money. Cost can be recovered, resources can be hired, scope can be added, risks can be mitigated, but you can’t recover the lost time. Once gone, it’s gone forever. It can never be recovered. It's not only true for portfolio-program-project management, but also in our own personal lives. Time is the most precious of them all.

A high-quality course with high quality questions takes enormous time to prepare. To prepare for these courses, I've learned and practiced for years. These courses have taken me months to prepare, research and build. As a reader or learner, this is the time (the time I spent working on the course and content) you save. The time saved for you will be in years.

Conclusion

I’ve enabled many PfMPs, who have used my book, I Want To Be A PfMP and/or articles. 

When you purchase the courses, I’m also involved with you throughout your PfMP journey. Most providers in the marketplace can’t do that, because they don’t have the subject matter understanding. In fact, many have not even used a single Portfolio Management software tool in their lives. They are merely course aggregators. They can bring PfMP certified coaches, but they can't be involved beyond the training as they do other work.

For these two new PfMP courses, I've informed the goals, objectives and mottos. I've also outlined other main differences. These, I believe, will help you to choose the course of your choice.

With either of these courses, I firmly believe that you:

• Get the best value for your money.
• Will have the content with the latest standards, references and practices.
• Will understand the content clearly and deeply, which will boost your confidence. 

Above all, if you prepare sincerely, you have a fair chance to clear the PfMP exam and be a certified PMI-PfMP.

PfMP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass:

• PfMP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

PfMP Online Exam Prep:

• PfMP Online Exam Prep - Full Money Back Guarantee

Book for PfMP Exam:

• Book for PfMP Exam Prep: I Want To Be A PfMP

PfMP Online Exam Prep – Full Money-Back Guarantee

  

I’m pleased to announce the availability of the PfMP Online Exam Prep video course:

PfMP ONLINE EXAM PREP – FULL MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

The Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) certification is the highest-level certification from Project Management Institute (PMI®). It’s pursued by C-suite and top executives, (senior) managers, entrepreneurs, among others. 

Many portfolio management practitioners want to understand portfolio management in a professional way and want to have a formal education on it. There are aspiring portfolio management professionals, who want to prepare for the PfMP Exam, but at their own paces and in their own time. This course is for them.

Is there any contact hours requirement for the PfMP Exam?

Unlike Project Management Professional (PMP®) 35 contact hours, Risk Management Professional (RMP®) 30 contact hours or Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP®) 21 contact hours mandatory learning as informed by PMI, there is no contact-hours requirements to appear for the PfMP exam. However, this course can be considered to be an equivalent of that. 

This course has over 12 hours of video duration, two full-length Q&A sets (each set with 170 questions and detailed answers) as well as a large number of practice questions. In total, you’ll have over 30 hours of learning. 

Important Note: PMI checks PfMP applications thoroughly and rejections happen. This course provides support for the PfMP Application Form preparation. 

Top Features: PfMP Online Exam Prep Course 

• Total Video Duration: 12+ hours 
• Number of Videos: 180+ 
• Number of Lessons: 11 (+1) 
• Two full-length Q&A Sets: Each with 170 Q&As 
• Total number questions with detailed answers: 400+
• Number of practice questions, including lesson-end questions
• End-course assessment and course completion certificate 
• Usage of software tools such as Primavera Portfolio Management, MS Project.
• Compliant with the Standard for Portfolio Management (SPfM) and PfMP Exam Content Outline 
• Support throughout your PfMP exam preparation. Support for your application form fill-up.

Course Breakdown: PfMP Online Exam Prep Course 

• Welcome (8 videos): 16m 45s [16 minutes 45 seconds]
• Lesson 1 – About the PfMP Exam (10 videos): 26 m 27s
• Lesson 2 – Introduction (15 videos): 46m 52s
• Lesson 3 – Portfolio Management and Organization (14 videos): 41m 40s
• Lesson 4 – Portfolio Management Process Groups (13 videos): 44m 31s
• Lesson 5 – Portfolio Strategic Management (24 videos): 1h 14m 47s
• Lesson 6 – Portfolio Governance Management (31 videos): 2h 15m 24s
• Lesson 7 – Portfolio Performance Management (23 videos): 1h 50m 37s
• Lesson 8 – Portfolio Communication Management (23 videos): 1h 42m 44s
• Lesson 9 – Portfolio Risk Management (25 videos): 2h 06m 40s
• Lesson 10 – Portfolio Management Maths and Graphs
• Lesson 11 – Final Talk (2 videos): 05m 05s
• Lesson 12 - Two Full-Length Question and Answer Sets (Each with 170 Q&As)

The details on it this course, with information on additional features, are available also available at:

https://www.managementyogi.com/p/pfmp-online-exam-prep.html

What is Full Money-Back Guarantee for the PfMP Online Exam Prep Course?

There are no little tricks, such as – “terms and conditions apply”, “** conditions apply”, as you would have seen in many places. What you see and read here is exactly what you will get. 

The premise is simple.

Go through the complete course for 15 days. 100% video content, practice questions, all Q&A Sets – yes, all of them – will be available to you. 

If you don’t like the course anytime during the 15 days, I’ll refund your full money. No questions asked at all.

The below video explains more on the full money-back guarantee.

Note: You can also evaluate the videos before paying any money. Twenty (20) videos will be available for your evaluation, even before your purchase. 

Applicability and Validity

• Guides and Books: Based on the Standard for Portfolio Management, PfMP Exam Content Outline (ECO)
• Software Used: MS Project, Primavera Risk Analysis, among others.
• Valid Date for Guarantee: 15 days (two weeks) from the date of purchase
• Course Duration: 6 months or 1 year from the date of purchase
• Price: $299 USD / Rs 26,909 (for 6 months)
                $449 USD / Rs 40,409 (for 1 year)
• Payment Link: paypal.me/managementyogi
  (Login, Send your payment to paypal account of ndsatya@gmail.com,
  Enter the amount; Invoice will be generated after payment)
  OR, you can pay via Bank Transfer or Payment. For this, please send a mail to
  managementyogi@gmail.com to get account the details.
• Available: From March, 2025
• Primary Format: Video 
• Course Extension: As per your need
  (Price calculation will be pro-rata)
• Status: Available
  (accessible via laptop/desktop)

Detailed Course Breakdown

The detailed course breakdown for the PfMP Online Exam Prep Course is shown below. It details hours of learning, number of videos and various exercise details. You can scroll to see the full content. 

You can also view the complete course index in the below link.

Complete Course Index: PfMP Online Exam Prep - With Money-Back Guarantee

If you want to buy this course or have any questions, please send an email to managementyogi@gmail.com.

Try Before You Buy: 

[1] Complete (Sample) Video Playlist: PfMP Online Exam Prep Videos

[2] Choose to Play a Video: PfMP Online Exam Prep Sample Video List

Guaranteed PfMP Pass:

• PfMP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

PfMP Exam Prep Book (since 2023):

• PfMP Exam Prep Book - I Want To Be A PfMP, the plain and simple way 
  (has enabled many to be PfMP certified)