💰 Platform Economics & Cloud Cost Language
6 exercise sets. Master the vocabulary for cloud cost optimisation, FinOps, showback/chargeback, and communicating infrastructure economics.
Cloud Cost Optimisation Vocabulary
Reserved instances, savings plans, spot instances, rightsizing, over-provisioned resources, and idle resource detection vocabulary.
FinOps Vocabulary
FinOps lifecycle (Inform → Optimize → Operate), unit economics, cost per transaction, cloud bill anatomy, and cloud waste vocabulary.
Showback & Chargeback Vocabulary
Showback vs. chargeback models, cost allocation tags, shared service cost splitting, budget alerts, and cost anomaly detection.
Cloud Pricing Vocabulary
On-demand vs. reserved vs. savings plans vs. spot pricing, committed use discounts, pricing calculators, and TCO analysis vocabulary.
Cost Communication Vocabulary
Communicating cloud costs to business: unit cost, cost-per-feature, infrastructure ROI framing, and budget variance vocabulary.
Platform ROI Vocabulary
Platform team ROI, developer productivity ROI, time to first deployment, cost avoided framing, and cost per deployed feature vocabulary.