FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)

FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)

The FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) certification exam has been developed to validate candidate's foundational knowledge of FinOps, focusing on the FinOps lifecycle's three main stages: Inform, Optimize, and Operate. The FOCP certification exam is ideal for professionals who want to gain a solid understanding of FinOps and learn how to drive business value through efficient cloud financial operations. It is especially beneficial for organizations following a public cloud-first approach or those migrating to the public cloud.

Skills Acquired

• The FOCP certification offers comprehensive training in FinOps, providing participants with essential tools and frameworks to understand and apply FinOps practices effectively.
• Exam provides a detailed overview of key concepts and actionable insights to help organizations maximize value from their cloud investments.

Course Outline

The FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) exam covers the following topics - 

• Cloud computing: Understanding the challenges of working with the cloud, the differences between cloud and traditional IT, and the basic value proposition of running in the cloud
• FinOps: Defining FinOps, understanding the FinOps principles, and describing the activities associated with each FinOps capability
• FinOps teams: Describing the skills, roles, and responsibilities of a FinOps team, and understanding what drives the size and makeup of a FinOps team
• FinOps lifecycle: Describing the FinOps lifecycle, its phases, and purpose, and understanding the basic processes that FinOps teams enact in the lifecycle
• Terminology and the cloud bill: Understanding basic cloud, FinOps, DevOps, and finance terminology, and describing the characteristics of the cloud bill