Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
Assess your current state, define your cost allocation model, and define roles and responsibilities.
Define dashboards and reports, and document account structure and tagging requirements.
Establish governance for tagging and cost control, define processes for right-sizing, and define processes for purchasing commitment discounts.
Document process interactions, establish program KPIs, and build implementation roadmap and communication plan.
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Establish clear lines of accountability and document roles and responsibilities to effectively manage cloud costs.
Chargeback/showback model to provide clear accountability for costs.
Understanding of key areas to focus on to improve cloud cost management capabilities.
1.1 Assess current state
1.2 Determine cloud cost model
1.3 Define roles and responsibilities
Cloud cost management capability assessment
Cloud cost model
Roles and responsibilities
Establish visibility into cloud costs and drivers of those costs.
Better understanding of what is driving costs and how to keep them in check.
2.1 Develop architectural patterns
2.2 Define dashboards and reports
2.3 Define account structure
2.4 Document tagging requirements
Architectural patterns; service cost cheat sheet
Dashboards and reports
Account structure
Tagging scheme
Develop processes, procedures, and policies to control cloud costs.
Improved capability of reducing costs.
Documented processes and procedures for continuous improvement.
3.1 Establish governance for tagging
3.2 Establish governance for costs
3.3 Define right-sizing process
3.4 Define purchasing process
3.5 Define notification and alerts
Tagging policy
Cost control policy
Right-sizing process
Commitment purchasing process
Notifications and Alerts
Document next steps to implement and improve cloud cost management program.
Concrete roadmap to stand up and/or improve the cloud cost management program.
4.1 Document process interaction changes
4.2 Define cloud cost program KPIs
4.3 Build implementation roadmap
4.4 Build communication plan
Changes to process interactions
Cloud cost program KPIs
Implementation roadmap
Communication plan