FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) Cert Prep

Course details

Cloud cost management has become essential across finance, engineering, procurement, and product teams. This course prepares you for the FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) exam while building a strong foundation in the FinOps Framework and its core lifecycle phases.

Explore the anatomy of cloud bills and data analysis techniques to gain visibility into cloud spend. Learn to build and manage a FinOps team, understand FinOps personas, and apply practices across the Inform, Optimize, and Operate lifecycle phases. Discover cost management strategies, resource optimization techniques, and the financial concepts essential for effective cloud governance. The course also covers exam preparation strategies to help you approach the FOCP certification with confidence.

Concepts

Introduction to FinOps

Course introduction
Why FinOps
FinOps framework
State of FinOps
What does a FinOps practitioner do
A day in the life of a FinOps practitioner
FinOps certifications

FinOps Framework

FinOps maturity framework - Key phases
FinOps principles
FinOps principles in depth
Applying FinOps principles on AWS - Real-world practices

Building a FinOps Team

Building your FinOps team
Team sizes scale as maturity develops
Ways of working for FinOps team

FinOps Personas

Introduction to FinOps personas
Core persona
Allied personas
Benefits of FinOps to different personas
Real world scenario of FinOps personas

Cloud Cost Management

Introducing simple cloud cost management
Getting started with AWS cloud management
Demo - Getting started with AWS cloud management
How to start managing your GCP cloud cost
Demo - How to start managing your GCP cloud cost
Getting started with Azure cloud management

Inform, Optimiize, and Operate Phase

FinOps Inform phase overview
FinOps Optimize phase
FinOps Operate phase
TechNova Solutions AWS cloud adoption journey

FinOps Financial Concepts and Cost Management

The iron triangle - Core trade-off framework
Amortization fundamentals
Fully-loaded cost and blended rates
Understanding cost accountability models
Chargeback vs showback models
Business case building - Three-step process
Business case example
Cloud forecasting challenges
Understanding commitment-based discounts
Compute savings plans
Committed use discounts (GCP)
Rate optimization strategies
Commitment strategy framework

FinOps Practitioner Certification Exam

FinOps Practitioner certification exam details