FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) Crash Course

FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) Crash Course, available at $69.99, has an average rating of 4.27, with 69 lectures, based on 1391 reviews, and has 8473 subscribers.

You will learn about Understand why FinOps is a cultural practice and the operating model is the most efficient way for teams to manage their cloud costs. Understand the pillars of FinOps and how to implement them in your organization Identify the proper tools to use in major cloud providers. How cloud spending can drive more revenue, signal customer base growth, enable more product and feature release velocity, or even help shut down a data center. Understanding Cloud Usage and Cost Modeling, Cost Allocation and Resource Planning. Understand how the organization works to define its pricing model goals, uses historical data to make pricing model adjustments by buying commitment based disco This course is ideal for individuals who are CIO/CEO/CTO and other executives that manage companies with cloud computing resources or Cloud Architects, Cloud Engineers and other technical roles that deploy cloud resources or Business Unit Leads, Application Stakeholders, etc or Procurement Specialists or Anyone wanting to learn FinOps It is particularly useful for CIO/CEO/CTO and other executives that manage companies with cloud computing resources or Cloud Architects, Cloud Engineers and other technical roles that deploy cloud resources or Business Unit Leads, Application Stakeholders, etc or Procurement Specialists or Anyone wanting to learn FinOps.

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Summary

Title: FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) Crash Course

Price: $69.99

Average Rating: 4.27

Number of Lectures: 69

Number of Published Lectures: 68

Number of Curriculum Items: 69

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 68

Original Price: $27.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Understand why FinOps is a cultural practice and the operating model is the most efficient way for teams to manage their cloud costs.

Understand the pillars of FinOps and how to implement them in your organization

Identify the proper tools to use in major cloud providers.

How cloud spending can drive more revenue, signal customer base growth, enable more product and feature release velocity, or even help shut down a data center.

Understanding Cloud Usage and Cost Modeling, Cost Allocation and Resource Planning.

Understand how the organization works to define its pricing model goals, uses historical data to make pricing model adjustments by buying commitment based disco

Who Should Attend

CIO/CEO/CTO and other executives that manage companies with cloud computing resources

Cloud Architects, Cloud Engineers and other technical roles that deploy cloud resources

Business Unit Leads, Application Stakeholders, etc

Procurement Specialists

Anyone wanting to learn FinOps

Target Audiences

CIO/CEO/CTO and other executives that manage companies with cloud computing resources

Cloud Architects, Cloud Engineers and other technical roles that deploy cloud resources

Business Unit Leads, Application Stakeholders, etc

Procurement Specialists

Anyone wanting to learn FinOps

Join in on this Full Course that covers in detail the Certification that can get you started with FinOps Transformation quickly.

 

Taught by an O’Reilly Media and LinkedIn Learning Author, Cloud Expert and owner of TechCommanders – Joe Holbrook

Learn the fundamentals of FinOps and prepare for the Linux Foundation’s FinOps Certified Practitioner Exam.

FinOps is a growing niche area of cloud computing that is becoming in demand more than ever! The salary range for a FinOps Practitioner/Professional can be over $120,000 per year in the United States.

The FinOps certification allows individuals in a large variety of cloud, finance and technology roles to validate their FinOps knowledge and enhance their professional credibility.

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.

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.

You should consider this course if you are any of the following:

Cloud Spend 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

Course has the following features.

– Presentation Download

– Whiteboard Discussion

– Demos on Cloud Providers.

– Practice Questions available at additional discounted cost.

Cheatsheet available at techcommanders

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 1: Course Trailer

Lecture 2: Introduction to the Course and Instructor

Lecture 3: FinOps Certification Overview and Content Download

Lecture 4: Pre-Reqs

Chapter 2: Section 1 – Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Lecture 1: Cloud Computing Fundamentals Section Overview

Lecture 2: Intro to Cloud Computing

Lecture 3: Cloud Computing Characteristics

Lecture 4: Cloud Computing Service Models

Lecture 5: Cloud Computing Deployment Models

Lecture 6: Comparing on Premises to Cloud

Lecture 7: Challenges of Cloud Computing

Lecture 8: Section Review Summary

Lecture 9: Section Review Questions

Chapter 3: Section 2 – FInOps Fundamentals

Lecture 1: FinOps Fundamentals Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is FinOps

Lecture 3: Why Use FinOps

Lecture 4: FinOps History

Lecture 5: FinOps Principles

Lecture 6: Lifecycle Overview

Lecture 7: CAPEX and OPEX

Lecture 8: ROI and TCO

Lecture 9: Chargeback

Lecture 10: Cost Optimization

Lecture 11: Terminology to Know

Lecture 12: Cloud Language

Lecture 13: Section Summary

Lecture 14: Section Review Questions

Chapter 4: Section 3 – FinOps Teams and Motivation

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is a FinOps Team?

Lecture 3: FinOps Team Roles

Lecture 4: Centralized Teams or Decentralized?

Lecture 5: Organization Changes and Adoption

Lecture 6: Culture of FinOps

Lecture 7: Motivations

Lecture 8: FinOps Triangle

Lecture 9: Section Summary

Lecture 10: Section Review Questions

Chapter 5: Section 4 – FinOps Capabilities

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What are FinOps Domains

Lecture 3: Six Pillars of FinOps

Lecture 4: Best Practices

Lecture 5: Aligning Teams to Resources

Lecture 6: Section Summary

Lecture 7: Section Review Questions

Chapter 6: Section 5 – FinOps Lifecycle

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: FinOps Lifecycle

Lecture 3: Lifecycle Phase – Inform

Lecture 4: Lifecycle Phase – Optimize

Lecture 5: Lifecycle Phase – Operate

Lecture 6: Section Summary

Lecture 7: Section Review Questions

Chapter 7: Section 6 – Cloud Resource Pricing and Billing

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Cloud Economics and Pricing

Lecture 3: Compute Reservations

Lecture 4: Cloud Billing

Lecture 5: Demo – Tagging

Lecture 6: Cloud Spending Management in AWS

Lecture 7: AWS Pricing Models

Lecture 8: Demo – AWS Tools

Lecture 9: Whiteboard – AWS FinOps Use Case

Lecture 10: Azure Pricing Models

Lecture 11: GCP Pricing Tools

Lecture 12: Demo – GCP Demo

Lecture 13: Section Review Questions

Lecture 14: Section Review

Chapter 8: Section 7 – Course Closeout

Lecture 1: Section – Course Closeout

Lecture 2: Exam Preparation

Lecture 3: Course Closeout

Instructors

Joseph Holbrook (The Cloud Tech Guy)
Cloud Computing and Blockchain Architect/Blogger/Trainer

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 33 votes

2 stars: 42 votes

3 stars: 229 votes

4 stars: 512 votes

5 stars: 575 votes

Frequently Asked Questions

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