Prerequisites for:
- Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
- Familiarity with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
- Foundational knowledge of IT finance or budgeting
- Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Awareness of DevOps or Agile practices
- Basic knowledge of cloud billing and pricing models
- Experience working in cloud, finance, or technology roles
- Familiarity with organizational cost management concepts
- FinOps Foundation membership (recommended)
- Review of FinOps Foundation’s official study materials
Who Should Attend?
- Cloud Engineers
- Cloud Architects
- DevOps Engineers
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
- FinOps Analysts
- Cloud Financial Managers
- IT Finance Managers
- Procurement Specialists
- Cloud Cost Optimization Specialists
- Product Managers working with cloud teams
- Engineering Managers
- IT Managers overseeing cloud infrastructure
- Business Analysts in cloud environments
- Finance Business Partners in tech organizations
- Cloud Consultants
- Solutions Architects
- Platform Engineers
What Will You Learn
- FinOps principles and core framework
- FinOps lifecycle phases: Inform, Optimize, Operate
- Cloud cost visibility and allocation strategies
- Tagging and labeling best practices for cost tracking
- Budgeting and forecasting in cloud environments
- Reserved Instances and Savings Plans optimization
- Rightsizing and resource utilization techniques
- Showback and chargeback models
- Unit economics and cost per customer metrics
- Cloud billing data analysis and reporting
- FinOps team structure and stakeholder collaboration
- KPIs and metrics for cloud financial management
- Multi-cloud cost management strategies
- Anomaly detection and cost alerting
- FinOps tooling and native cloud cost management tools
- FOCP exam preparation and domain coverage
