Strengthen recall

FinOps Academy: Rapid-recall flashcards

Review concise prompts before labs, interviews and design discussions.

Prompt

Cost Optimisation

Recall:

Reduce waste while protecting reliability and delivery outcomes.

Prompt

Budgets and Alerts

Recall:

Create early-warning controls rather than after-the-fact reporting.

Prompt

Azure Advisor

Recall:

Use recommendations as evidence, not automatic truth.

Prompt

Reservations

Recall:

Commit predictable usage for discounts with ownership and utilisation controls.

Prompt

Savings Plans

Recall:

Apply flexible compute commitments across eligible usage.

Prompt

Tagging Strategy

Recall:

Create reliable allocation metadata with policy and automation.

Prompt

FinOps Governance

Recall:

Embed cost into architecture, delivery and operational decisions.