Lesson 1: Why cloud bills surprise people · 8 min
Before you begin · Pay-as-you-go and who owns the bill · The FinOps phases
Three pieces that work together
Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 2 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.
What would you do?You notice a client's test environment has run all month, though testing finished three weeks agoCheck with the owner, then shut it down or schedule it off, and record the savingDelete everything straight away without askingLeave it, the client pays anyway
Live deckQuiz · 4 slidesContent · 1 slideWord cloud · 1 slideScale · 1 slide
Feedback surveyHow much do you agree with each statement? I can:How often do you look at cloud cost data?What do you most want to get from this course?Overall, how would you rate this course?
5 lessons, about 35 minutes
What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.
Lesson 2: See it: tagging and allocation · 8 min
Our tagging policy · Tagged well or badly? · Check your understanding
Lesson 3: Cut it: finding waste · 7 min
Where waste hides · Commitment discounts in general terms · Practise
Lesson 4: Run it: budgets and conversations · 7 min
Budgets and alerts · Practise · Who approves spend
Lesson 5: Final assessment · 5 min
Final assessment · Course complete
Often taught together
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Common questions
Yes. The course, the live deck and all three surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.
Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.
At onboarding or as continuing professional development, with a yearly refresher (best practice).
Cloud engineers, technicians and account managers who provision or bill cloud resources; run by the cloud or FinOps lead.
Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.
Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.
Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
- Link to your live session deck
- Link your tagging checklist
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