Key stakeholders and collaboration in FinOps for Data Clouds

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When setting up FinOps for data clouds, the process is similar to traditional FinOps for infra clouds. Cross-functional collaboration between the tech team and finance team is essential for success. Usually, there are three types of key stakeholders: finance professionals, central data platform teams, and business vertical teams (Data cloud users), and each stakeholder has their own goals and priorities. The finance wants to achieve its budgeting and cost control goals without impeding the business goals delivered by the business vertical teams; The central data team needs budgeting, ownership, and support from finance and executive leadership to carry out cost reduction and control work; The business vertical teams, on the other hand, need to keep their costs under control while focusing on their core work.

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Optimized Practices for Effective FinOps in Data Clouds: Balancing Stakeholder Dynamics with Bluesky

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Managing stakeholder dynamics is crucial for successful FinOps in Data Clouds. However, it can be challenging to balance the needs of the central data team, who require robust infrastructure support, and the business vertical teams, who must control costs while remaining focused on their core work. Fortunately, Bluesky provides optimized practices to help achieve this balance, including:

• Conduct cost allocation and understand primary drivers for Data Cloud expenses
• Leveraging AI and Machine learning for insights into data workloads, optimizing budgeting, planning, and forecasting through collaboration between IT and finance departments,
• Implementing best practices for anomaly detection in data governance and security for effective FinOps in Data Clouds.

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