FinOps Foundation principles
Name the six FinOps principles.
6 lessons.
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The six FinOps principles in one page
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to name the six FinOps Foundation principles and explain how each one shapes a real cost decision.
Inform: what visibility actually means
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to distinguish raw visibility from actionable visibility, and design a cost reporting cadence that fits each audience.
Optimize: the four levers you have
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to name the four levers of cloud cost optimization and rank them by typical impact and time-to-value.
Operate: the discipline that beats one-shot wins
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe the operate motion and design a weekly + monthly cadence that compounds savings instead of decaying them.
Crawl, Walk, Run: pick your starting maturity
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to self-assess an organization against the three FinOps maturity stages and draft a 90-day move-up plan.
The FOCUS specification, in plain English
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain what the FOCUS specification is, why it exists, and identify which cloud providers and tools have adopted it.