The FinOps Framework provides the operating model for how to establish and excel in the practice of FinOps.
Flying is easy. Watching the gauges is easy. Managing the radio is easy. Scanning the sky is easy. Watching the weather is easy. It’s doing them all at once that’s hard.
~Anonymous FinOps Practitioner & Pilot
FinOps is an evolving cloud financial management discipline and cultural practice that enables organizations to get maximum business value by helping engineering, finance, technology and business teams to collaborate on data-driven spending decisions.
Like FinOps, the Framework is evolving and informed by community contributions and conversations. Built by the community for the community.
An important aspect of the FinOps Framework is that it requires you to be intentional about how you adopt and implement FinOps concepts and capabilities into your practice. You must make trade-offs at every step of your journey, iteratively revisiting the FinOps lifecycle phases and reevaluating your goals in the context of your stakeholders and business needs, rather than adhering to a rigid standard and sequential set of steps.
The FinOps Framework is designed to represent 2 constituent components:
Implementing the FinOps Framework requires you to work together with the FinOps Personas in your organization. And all the personas involved in FinOps will benefit from understanding the Framework’s operating model. Operating within the FinOps Framework requires finding allies in times of change, defining a common language, building enablement strategies to elevate, and developing communication programs. The practice of Finops is more than a technology solution or a checklist you hand to your teams.Learn more about the FinOps Personas. | ![]() |