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FIN-502Postgraduate / Elective

FinOps

Financial operations in the cloud era: cost visibility, allocation, forecasting and optimization of technology spend. Combines finance discipline with engineering realities — budgeting, unit economics and accountability.

Topics covered

  1. 01Cloud cost fundamentals & billing models
  2. 02Cost allocation & tagging strategy
  3. 03Budgeting, forecasting & anomaly detection
  4. 04Unit economics of cloud spend
  5. 05Optimization: rightsizing & commitments
  6. 06FinOps culture & operating model

Learning objectives

  • Explain cloud cost drivers in financial terms
  • Build allocation and showback models
  • Design optimization and governance routines

Recommended books

  • Cloud FinOps — J.R. Storment & Mike Fuller (placeholder)
  • FinOps Foundation readings (placeholder)