FinOps Culture

Bridging the gap between Engineering, Finance, and Product.

The Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE)

A central team that governs the cloud strategy. It should include representatives from:

  • Engineering: To understand technical feasibility.
  • Finance: To handle budgeting and accounting.
  • Product: To ensure spend aligns with business value.
  • Executive Sponsor: To break ties and enforce policy.

Gamification

How do you get engineers to care about cost?

  • Leaderboards for "Most Optimized Team".
  • Hackathons focused on cost reduction.
  • Celebrating savings wins in all-hands meetings.