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FinOps for engineering leaders

Implement FinOps practices to optimize cloud costs

Implement FinOps practices to bring financial accountability to cloud spending and optimize costs while maintaining { performance.

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Overview

Implement FinOps practices to bring financial accountability to cloud spending and optimize costs while maintaining { performance.

Learning objectives

  • Understand cloud costs
  • Implement cost visibility
  • Optimize resource usage
  • Build cost culture

Instructions

}Implement FinOps:

1. Analyze current spending 2. Implement cost allocation 3. Identify optimizations 4. Build accountability 5. Track savings

Steps

1

Cost analysis

30 minutes

Understand spending patterns

2

Allocation setup

25 minutes

Implement cost tagging

3

Optimization identification

20 minutes

Find savings opportunities

4

Accountability design

15 minutes

Build cost ownership

5

Savings tracking

5 minutes

Measure improvements

Pro tips

  • •Make costs visible
  • •Empower teams to optimize
  • •Balance cost and value
  • •Celebrate savings

Example outcome

FinOps implementation achieving 35% cost reduction, improved resource utilization, and cost-aware engineering culture.

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