Overview
Description
In this course, you will learn how finance professionals can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to adopt cloud in a fiscally responsible manner. You will gain foundational knowledge to help you manage, optimize, and plan cloud spend. You will learn how to influence your organization’s builders to be more accountable and cost conscious. Finally, you will consider how you can use AWS to innovate in your finance organization.
Course Objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
- Define cloud business value
- Estimate costs associated with current and future cloud workloads
- Use tools to report, monitor, allocate, optimize, and plan AWS spend
- Optimize cloud spending and usage through pricing models
- Establish best practices with Cloud Financial Management (CFM) and Cloud Financial Operations (Cloud FinOps)
- Implement financial governance and controls
- Drive finance organization innovation
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have:
- Cloud Computing and AWS from the digital version of AWS Cloud for Finance Professionals
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
- AWS Cloud Essentials for Business Leader
Course duration / Price
2 days / € 1,250.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)
Course outline
Day 1
Module 1: Introduction
- Cloud spending decisions
- AWS pricing
- Cost drivers
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- AWS Cloud Value Framework
- Activity 1.1: Cloud value metrics
- Cloud Financial Management
- Activity 1.2: Cloud Financial Management outcomes
Module 2: Planning and Forecasting
- Estimate cloud workload costs
- Activity 2.1: Build and refine a cost estimate
- Budget and forecast cloud costs
- Improve cloud financial predictability
Module 3: Measurement and Accountability
- KPIs and unit metrics
- Cost visibility and monitoring
- Demonstration 3.1: Tools for cost visibility, tools for cost monitoring
- Cost allocation and accountability
- Cost allocation building blocks
Day 2
Module 4: Cost Optimization
- Usage optimizations
- Commitment-based purchase options
- Activity 4.1: Cost optimization
Module 5: Cloud Financial Operations
- Organizational change for CFM
- Organization models for CFM
- Activity 5.1: Organizational models
- Establish a cost-aware organizational culture
- Governance, control, and agility
- AWS governance and control building blocks
- Automated-based governance using AWS services
Module 6: Financial Transformation and Innovation
- Keys to financial innovation
- Financial transformation
- Activity 6.1: Solutions for financial innovation
Module 7: Resources and Next Steps
- Module resources
- Next steps
IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.
The practical exercises are performed in prepared working environments available via web browser – no software needs to be installed. The course material is in English, spoken language can be in german or english. Other languages like spanish, portuguese or french, please contact us under training@tecracer.de
Highlights
- Optimize Cloud Spending with AWS Tools: Learn to use AWS tools for cost monitoring, allocation, and optimization, enabling better forecasting, budget control, and overall cloud financial management.
- Establish Financial Governance and Best Practices: Gain knowledge of Cloud Financial Management (CFM) and Cloud FinOps to implement effective financial governance, controls, and cost-conscious practices across your organization.
- Drive Innovation in Finance with AWS: Explore how AWS can be leveraged to drive financial transformation and innovation within your finance organization, creating a culture of cost accountability and improving cloud financial predictability.
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