Week 1
Tag spend by owner and environment. Kill idle resources.
Insight
Cloud cost optimization playbook for growing teams
The fastest wins are rightsizing, storage lifecycle controls, and idle resource cleanup with ownership.
Week 2
Rightsize compute and apply autoscaling guardrails.
Week 3
Set budgets/alerts and monthly FinOps review cadence.
Quick FAQ
Will optimization slow engineering down?
Not if changes are sequenced with clear ownership and rollback paths.
What savings are realistic?
10–30% is common in the first pass for teams without active FinOps habits.
Related: Technical Due Diligence Checklist