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FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)

IT Service Governance Management

Course Overview


The FinOps Certified Practitioner course allows individuals in a large variety of cloud, finance and technology roles to validate their FinOps knowledge and enhance their professional credibility. The certification covers FinOps fundamentals and an overview of key concepts in each of the three sections of the FinOps lifecycle: Inform, Optimize and Operate.


KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES WHO SHOULD GET FINOPS CERTIFIED


The certification is designed for those who plan to hold a position on a FinOps team or support FinOps or cloud financial management, or if you support FinOps teams as consultants, vendors, or trainers. You will develop an understanding of FinOps, its practice areas, and how it’s applied to enhance business value from cloud spend.

Organizations undergoing a public cloud-first strategy or who are in the midst of a public cloud migration will also benefit greatly.


TARGET GROUP


  • Cloud Budget Owner
  • FinOps practitioner, such as a FinOps Analyst, Director of Cloud Optimization, Manager of Cloud Operations or Cloud Cost Optimization Data Analyst
  • Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Architect, Service Delivery Manager, Engineering Manager or Director of Platform Engineering, Senior Enterprise Architect (EA) or EA Leader
  • Finance and Procurement team member, including Technology Procurement Manager, Global Technology Procurement, Manager Cloud Cost Optimization, Financial Planning and Analyst Manager, and Financial Business Advisor
  • IT Program and Portfolio Management Leader
  • Technology leader, such as a Head of Infrastructure, Head of Cloud Center of Excellence, CTO or CIO
  • Head of IT Finance (CFO of IT, VP/Dir. IT finance) or FP&A professional supporting cloud

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Course Outline


Challenge of Cloud

  • Understand the challenges of working with Cloud
  • Recognize the differences between Cloud and Traditional IT

What is FinOps & FinOps Principles

  • Define FinOps
  • Understand each of the FinOps Principles

FinOps Teams & Motivation

  • Describe the skills, roles and responsibilities of a FinOps Team
  • Describe where a FinOps team would be situated
  • Understand what drives a FinOps team’s size, position and makeup

FinOps Capabilities

  • Understand the six pillars of FinOps Capabilities
  • Describe the activities associated with each capability

FinOps Lifecycle

  • Describe the FinOps lifecycle, its phases and purpose
  • Understand the basic processes that FinOps teams enact in the FinOps Lifecycle

Terminology & the Cloud Bill

  • Understand basic cloud, FinOps, DevOps & Finance terminology
  • Describe the characteristics of the Cloud Bills


RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITES


  • Understand the basics of how cloud computing works, know the key services on your cloud providers, including their common use cases, and have a basic understanding of billing and pricing models.
  • Be able to describe the basic value proposition of running in cloud and understand the core concept of using a pay-as-you-go consumption model.
  • Have a base level of knowledge of at least one of the three main public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). For AWS, we recommend AWS Business Professional training or, even better, the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification. For Google, check out Google Cloud Digital Leader course. For Azure, try the Azure Fundamentals learning path. Each can usually be completed in a full-day workshop.


EXAM DETAILS


  • Duration: 60 minutes
  • Number of questions: 50
  • Passing score: 38/50 (75%)
  • Delivery: Web-based, closed book, non-proctored and you will have
  • two retries if you do not pass the first time.
  • Languages offered: English

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