FinOps Mastery
Run FinOps as a practice rather than a project. Know which of the three maturity stages you are at and how to leave it. Design chargeback that does not collapse under its own rules. Measure cost per unit of whatever your business counts. Set budgets people act on. Respond to a spike properly in the first fifteen minutes. Forecast honestly. Buy commitments without over-committing. And measure carbon alongside cost.
- Architect
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- 37
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- ~6 hours
- You can read a cloud bill and know rack rate from billed cost (Cloud Cost Foundations covers this).
8 modules. 37 lessons. 8 quizzes.
M5.1 The FinOps maturity ladder
Place your organisation on the Crawl, Walk, Run ladder, recognise what is holding it there, and plan the 90 days that move it up.
The FinOps maturity ladder
Place your organisation on the Crawl, Walk, Run ladder, recognise what is holding it there, and plan the 90 days that move it up.
The FinOps maturity ladder: module quiz
M5.2 Showback vs chargeback
Tell showback from chargeback, test whether showback is enough, and design a scheme that does not collapse under its own rules.
Showback vs chargeback
Tell showback from chargeback, test whether showback is enough, and design a scheme that does not collapse under its own rules.
Showback vs chargeback: module quiz
M5.3 Unit economics
Divide cost by something the business counts, choose both halves deliberately, and tell the resulting story to each audience.
Unit economics
Divide cost by something the business counts, choose both halves deliberately, and tell the resulting story to each audience.
Unit economics: module quiz
M5.4 Budget governance
Stack budgets so problems surface where they can be acted on, set the thresholds that trigger a conversation, and keep it running.
Budget governance
Stack budgets so problems surface where they can be acted on, set the thresholds that trigger a conversation, and keep it running.
Budget governance: module quiz
M5.5 Cost anomaly response
Respond to a cost spike. Triage, the ten usual causes, who escalates to whom, and a postmortem that changes something.
Cost anomaly response
Respond to a cost spike. Triage, the ten usual causes, who escalates to whom, and a postmortem that changes something.
Cost anomaly response: module quiz
M5.6 Forecasting cloud spend
Forecast cloud spend top-down and bottom-up, reconcile the two, measure your accuracy, and communicate uncertainty honestly.
Forecasting cloud spend
Forecast cloud spend top-down and bottom-up, reconcile the two, measure your accuracy, and communicate uncertainty honestly.
Forecasting cloud spend: module quiz
M5.7 Commitments demystified
Pick the right commitment, work out the real discount rather than the advertised one, and schedule before committing.
Commitments demystified
Pick the right commitment, work out the real discount rather than the advertised one, and schedule before committing.
Commitments demystified: module quiz
M5.8 Sustainability + carbon
Measure and reduce the carbon behind your cloud spend, through region choice, timing, and the schedules you already run.
Sustainability + carbon
Measure and reduce the carbon behind your cloud spend, through region choice, timing, and the schedules you already run.