FinOps Certified Practitioner

Begin your FinOps journey with a high-level overview of the course and the core motivations behind FinOps adoption. Explore how the FinOps Framework transforms cloud financial management, examine the current state of the industry, and discover what daily life looks like for FinOps practitioners. You'll learn about the various FinOps certification pathways available, finishing this section with a knowledge check to ensure a solid foundational understanding before you proceed.

FinOps Framework

Dive into the structure that underpins all FinOps success: the FinOps Maturity Framework and its key phases. Understand the guiding Principles of FinOps and go deeper into their practical applications, with a focus on how these principles drive real cost savings and accountability on AWS. Interactive games and quizzes reinforce your mastery of the foundational framework concepts in an engaging, hands-on manner.

Building a FinOps Team

Discover how to build and develop an effective FinOps team, from the initial stages to mature, scalable organizations. Learn how team size and structure evolve with maturity, and develop an understanding of the unique ways FinOps teams collaborate and work cross-functionally to embed financial accountability and efficiency across business units.

FinOps Personas

Unpack the various personas critical to successful FinOps implementations—core and allied roles—and analyze the unique benefits FinOps brings to each. Through real-world scenarios and interactive challenges, you'll gain a practical perspective on how diverse teams collaborate to drive FinOps value and accountability throughout the organization.

Cloud Cost Management

Master the essentials of cloud cost management through fun games and interactive scenarios. Get started with AWS, GCP, and Azure cost optimization using hands-on demos and practical exercises. Uncover strategies to manage, monitor, and optimize cloud spend across multiple platforms, preparing you to tackle real-world cost management challenges with confidence.

Inform, Optimize, and Operate Phases

Follow the FinOps lifecycle through its three key phases: Inform, Optimize, and Operate. Explore each phase in detail—from data-driven decision-making to continuous optimization and operational excellence—illustrated with customer journeys, simulations, and targeted quizzes to ensure deep comprehension and readiness for real-world FinOps.

FinOps Financial Concepts & Cost Management

Strengthen your financial acumen with in-depth coverage of FinOps financial principles: trade-off frameworks, amortization, fully-loaded costs, rate structures, and accountability models. Engage in practical games, build business cases, analyze cost forecasting challenges, and implement commitment-based savings tactics—equipping you with the analytical toolkit essential for effective FinOps practice.

FinOps Practitioner Certification Exam

Prepare for certification success with a comprehensive exam overview, dynamic flipcards, and realistic mock exams. This section is designed to solidify your knowledge, test your understanding, and build your confidence so you’re fully ready to earn your FinOps Practitioner certification and demonstrate your expertise in the field.

Elevate your cloud financial management career—enroll now and transform your organization’s cloud efficiency with FinOps!