FOCP: FinOps Certified Practitioner

Issued by The Linux Foundation

Certified FinOps Practitioners have demonstrated a working knowledge of the Principles, Capabilities and Fundamentals of FinOps, a prescriptive model of actions, best practices and culture enabling business, IT and Finance. These professionals make evidence-based decisions in near-real time to manage cloud use and increase business value.

Type Certification
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Chargeback And Allocation
Cloud Cost Optimization
Cloud Efficiency
Cloud Financial Management
Cloud FinOps
Reserved Instance Purchasing
Rightsizing
Tagging Strategy

Earning Criteria

Participation in the FinOps Practitioner certification course, a minimum of 8 hours of study and activity-based learning led by a team of FinOps Practitioners or certified trainers.
Score a passing grade on a 1-hour online, knowledge exam consisting of 50 questions.