4 stages to reduce wasted cloud spend—and engineer hours

Traditionally, FinOps has operated reactively, identifying waste and recommending optimizations only after configurations have been deployed and money has already been spent. Now, FinOps is evolving to a more proactive, shift left approach—providing engineers with cost visibility and guardrails before deployment, when issues are simpler and cheaper to fix.

To help you navigate this challenge, our guide outlines a 4-stage approach to embedding cost management and optimization earlier in your development lifecycle. Read this guide to learn how to:

• Establish accountability for the resources driving excessive cost
• Build optimization insights, actions, and advisories into existing engineering workflows
• Ensure that a project’s value will justify its costs before development begins