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C-FINOPS-BOfficial Google Curriculum

Getting Started with FinOps on Google Cloud

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Overview

Interactive learning experience providing actionable steps to implement Cloud Financial Management strategy to maximize cloud investment with Google Cloud.

What You'll Learn

  • Address financial governance challenges with Cloud FinOps
  • Understand the five pillars of the Google Cloud FinOps operating model
  • Establish cloud FinOps policies and enablement for your organization
  • Drive financial accountability and value realization with defined success metrics
  • Understand how to optimize costs of your utilized Google Cloud resources
  • Modernize budgeting and forecasting methods
  • Leverage costing tools to effectively manage and track Google Cloud spend

Who Should Attend

Customers

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of cloud computing and Google Cloud technologies as discussed in the "Cloud Digital Leader" course.

Products Covered

Cloud BillingCloud Cost ManagementCloud BudgetsCloud Cost Reporting

Course Modules

1

Introduction to FinOps on Google Cloud

Topics

  • Financial governance challenges
  • Cloud FinOps industry trends
  • Google Cloud FinOps framework

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe financial governance challenges for cloud resources
  • Describe industry trends in Cloud FinOps
  • Understand the Google Cloud FinOps framework
2

Accountability and Enablement

Topics

  • Cloud FinOps operating model
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Governance and policies
  • Incentivization

Learning Outcomes

  • Create a Cloud FinOps operating model
  • Define roles and responsibilities within a Cloud FinOps team
  • Establish governance and policies
  • Enable your organization through incentivization

Activities

Discussion: Establishing a Cloud FinOps operating model
3

Measurement and Realization

Topics

  • Benefits of measurement and realization
  • KPIs and value metrics
  • Value vs. cost
  • Transparency through reporting and accountability

Learning Outcomes

  • Establish KPIs and value metrics
  • Understand value vs. cost
  • Establish transparency through reporting and accountability

Activities

Discussion: Value vs. costDiscussion: Transparency through reporting and accountability
4

Cost Optimization

Topics

  • Google Cloud cost optimization approach
  • Resource utilization
  • Golden signals
  • Resource, price, and architecture optimization
  • Optimizing resource utilization

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand Google Cloud cost optimization approach
  • Implement visibility into resource utilization via tagging
  • Understand the golden signals
  • Describe resource, price, and architecture optimization
  • Optimize resource utilization

Activities

Discussion: Understanding the golden signalsDiscussion: Resource, pricing, and architectural optimization
5

Planning and Forecasting

Topics

  • Budgeting and allocation
  • Forecasting spend
  • Reporting and integration
  • Google Cloud billing model

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand budgeting and allocation
  • Forecast spend on cloud resources
  • Implement reporting and integration
  • Understand the Google Cloud billing model

Activities

Discussion: Budgeting, allocating, and forecasting
6

Tools and Accelerators

Topics

  • Budgets and alerts on Google Cloud
  • Tagging automation and resource management
  • Cost management tools within Google Cloud
  • Cloud Cost Reporting

Learning Outcomes

  • Explore budgets and alerts on Google Cloud
  • Tagging automation and resource management
  • Describe cost management tools within Google Cloud
  • Understand Cloud Cost Reporting

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Course Details

Course Code
C-FINOPS-B
Duration
1 day
Format
ILT
Level
Introductory
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Modules
6
Activities
6
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