The FinOps Assessment
You cannot improve what you haven't measured.
A structured assessment built on the FinOps Foundation framework designed for enterprise teams ready to move from ad-hoc cost management to a real practice.
Why most FinOps initiatives stall
Teams launch dashboards. Tools get bought. Workshops are run. Six months later, the cloud bill is still out of control and no one knows what to do next.
The reason isn't lack of effort. It's lack of clarity. You can't build a practice without knowing where you really stand. And you can't fix what you haven't named.
10 hours to spark your FinOps practice
A focused journey from where you are to where you should go next.
Introduction
Call
Time Investment:
60 minutes
Fill in the form below and we'll plan a structured introduction call.
A working conversation to understand your context, your goals, and challenges.
Together we determine if the assessment is the right next step for your team.
The Assessment Workshop
Time Investment:
8h
A structured workshop with your team.
We measure 22 FinOps capabilities across 5 lenses as prescribed by the FinOps Foundation.
You get the industry standard approach and the repeatable, defensible result you're looking for.
The Assessment Workshop
Time Investment:
60 minutes
A working session to walk through the report, validate findings, and align on priorities.
You leave with a written report and a roadmap that helps you prioritise the big buckets of work built to share, defend, and act on.
It will only take you 10 hours to spark your FinOps practice
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What you walk away with
Your Maturity Map
A scored assessment of 22 FinOps capabilities across 5 lenses, weighted by what matters at your stage.
A Written Report
Findings, gaps, and recommendations — written for both executives and practitioners. Built to share, defend, and act on.
A Prioritised Roadmap
A practical sequence of next steps mapped to your maturity.
Built on the FinOps Foundation framework
22 capabilities. 5 lenses.
Industry standard. Repeatable result.
This isn't a custom framework I invented to look unique. It's the global standard maintained by the FinOps Foundation refined by
practitioners across the world's largest cloud organisations.
Why does that matter? Because your roadmap should be defensible to all FinOps Stakeholders. It should be repeatable and easy to measure progress. Not based on one consultant's opinion.
If you have questions, I might have the answers underneath
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Good fit:
Enterprise team with meaningful cloud spend (typically €500K+/year)
Leadership commitment to build a real practice
Ready to act on findings, not just file them
Wants clarity and a defensible roadmap
Not a fit:
Looking for a free benchmark report
Shopping for the cheapest provider
Wants a 100-slide deck to put in a drawer
Organisation isn't ready to commit time and resources
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Yes. The FinOps Foundation framework is cloud-agnostic by design.
The 22 capabilities apply whether you're on AWS, Azure, GCP, or multi-cloud. We discuss your specific environment during the introduction call.
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The core assessment focuses on public cloud (IaaS/PaaS). If your scope extends to SaaS, licensing, or on-premise, that's where multiple FinOps Scopes come in or even a larger TBM (IT Finance Management) comes in. We can scope an extended assessment that covers the full IT financial picture discuss this during the introduction call.
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The workshop scales with your environment. Smaller organisations sometimes finish in 6 hours. Larger ones with multiple business units may need some extra hours. We never had a workshop run over 8-hours. It is good to keep that as guidance.
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The 8-hour workshop typically involves:
Your FinOps lead (or the person acting as one)
Stakeholders from finance, engineering, and cloud operations
A leadership sponsor
We discuss the right participant list during the introduction call.
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You walk away from the workshop with initial findings.
The written report and prioritised roadmap follow within 10 business days, after document review and follow-up clarifications (if any).
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Yes. The introduction call and findings session are remote by default. The 8-hour workshop can be on-site or remote. On-site often works better for stakeholder dynamics. Remote works better for distributed teams. We'll discuss what fits your context.
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Most vendor assessments end with a recommendation to buy that vendor's tool.
Mine doesn't sell tools. The assessment ends with a roadmap built on the FinOps Foundation framework independent, defensible, and aligned with what's right for your organisation, not what's right for my margin.
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Tools are part of the picture, but not the whole picture.
The assessment looks at all 22 FinOps capabilities ncluding the ones tools can't measure: operating model, accountability, executive alignment, and culture. Most organisations score high on tooling and low on the capabilities that actually drive maturity.
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Pricing is shared during the introduction call, once we've confirmed the assessment is the right fit for your team.
For organisations who continue with a follow-up engagement, the assessment fee I can be part of the commercial negotiations afterwards.
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That's up to you. Some teams take the roadmap and execute internally.
Others ask me to support specific workstreams — operating model design, governance structures, or executive coaching.
There's no obligation to continue. The assessment is designed to give you clarity and a defensible plan, with or without follow-up.
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I'll tell you — and point you toward what is right. That might be a smaller engagement, a different consultant, or self-service resources from the FinOps Foundation.
The goal is clarity, not a contract.
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