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Workload Management & Automation

Definition

Workload Management & Automation focuses on running resources only when they are needed, and creating the mechanisms to automatically adjust what resources are running at any given time. This Capability is intended to give FinOps teams the ability to match supply to demand most efficiently, and effectively optimize cloud usage through measurement of workload demand and provisioning capacity dynamically.

Maturity Assessment

WHERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS IN TERMS OF MATURITY

Crawl

77.5%

Walk

19.3%

Run

3.2%

A large number of respondents indicated the had little automation or no plans to automate. Practitioners taking advantage of opportunities to automate activities such as tagging policies, budget alerting, storage lifecycle policies, containerization, and discounted rate options were in the cohorts operating at FinOps Walk and Run maturity


description of the characteristics of each maturity level (crawl, walk, run) for this Capability in the context of the organization’s FinOps practice.

Crawl

Walk

Run


Functional Activity

As someone in an Engineering/Operations role, I will:

As a FinOps Practitioner, I will:

Measure(s) of Success & KPI

Measures of success are represented in the context of cloud costs and may include one or more key performance indicators ( KPI ), describe objectives with key results ( OKR ), and declare thresholds defining outliers or acceptable variance from forecasted trends.

Here are some crowdsourced measures of success from our community:

There are likely many more cases and examples out there, so please get in touch with recommendations, changes, and feedback.

Inputs

the information used that contributes to the measure(s) of success listed above; information here may include specific datasources, reports or any relevant input

Get Involved

Get involved and contribute to the community by sharing your real world experiences related to this Capability in the form of a story or providing a playbook for how you have implemented best practices in your organization. Your real world experiences can be provided in the context of:

Join the conversation about this Capability in Slack . You can submit stories, how-tos and suggest improvements using one of the options for contributing here.

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Featured Resources

Create a FinOps Culture Focused on Governance - Lucas Paratore (VMWare) & Jenna Gegg (Salesforce)

Create a FinOps Culture Focused on Governance - Lucas Paratore (VMWare) & Jenna Gegg (Salesforce)

A Framework for Automating & Measuring Usage-Based Optimization - Bindu Sharma, FireEye

A Framework for Automating & Measuring Usage-Based Optimization - Bindu Sharma, FireEye

Leveraging Automation to Accelerate FinOps Adoption - Jimmy H. (IBM Turbonomic) & Jacob H. (Chevron)

Leveraging Automation to Accelerate FinOps Adoption - Jimmy H. (IBM Turbonomic) & Jacob H. (Chevron)

Efficiency Engineering with Cloud FinOps at Target

Efficiency Engineering with Cloud FinOps at Target

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