FinOps Domains and Capabilities
FinOps domains represent spheres of activity or knowledge. Every organization adopting FinOps engages in activities across all FinOps Domains. Each FinOps Domain comprises FinOps Capabilities, which outline functional activities that can be performed within that Domain.
The following sections group the FinOps domains and their respective capabilities.
Domain: Understand cloud usage and cost
Capabilities:
- Data ingestion
- Allocation
- Reporting and analytics
- Anomaly management
Domain: Quantify business value
Capabilities:
- Planning and estimating
- Forecasting
- Budgeting
- Benchmarking
- Unit economics
Domain: Optimize cloud usage and cost
Capabilities:
- Rate optimization
- Licensing and SaaS
- Workload optimization
- Architecting for cloud
- Cloud sustainability
Domain: Manage the FinOps practice
Capabilities:
- FinOps practice operations
- FinOps tooling and services
- FinOps assessment
- FinOps education and enablement
- Invoicing and chargeback
- Onboarding workloads
- Cloud policy and governance
- Intersecting disciplines
For more information, see FinOps Domains and FinOps Capabilities by the FinOps Foundation.