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This project collects the outputs from conversations in the Slack #KPIs room.
| KPI | purpose | audience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of resoruces considered waste (qty) | determine (1) how severe waste problem is and (2) if clean-up action is needed | eng | ||
| percentage of resources that are considered waste ($) | determine (1) how severe waste problem is and (2) if clean-up action is needed | eng | ||
| total cost of resources that are considered waste | determine (1) how severe waste problem is and (2) if clean-up action is needed | eng | ||
| % of untagged resources | baseline: determine if / when new tagging efforts are needed | eng | ||
| opportunity value of rightsizing efforts | determine when/if cleanup action is necessary | eng | ||
| % of orphaned ebs volumes | determine when/if cleanup action is necessary | eng | ||
| % of orphaned snapshots | determine when/if cleanup action is necessary | eng | ||
| avg age of snapshots | determine if new lifecycle policies are needed | eng | ||
| idle instances > 30-days | locate instances to shut-down or terminate | eng | ||
| Idle instances < 30-days | no actions required: useful visibility metric | eng | ||
| % of oversized instances (not tagged as approved) | targets for rightsizing | eng | ||
| % S3 storage on without recommended tier | ||||
| % S3 storage on the wrong tier | ||||
| % EBS storage on without recommended tier | ||||
| % EBS storage on wrong tier | ||||
| % unattached elastic IPs | ||||
| % instances without recommended instance type | ||||
| % dev resources running out of hours (this means, running out of non-peak hours, like nights and weekends | ||||
| % untagged resources | ||||
| % total tag coverage | ||||
| % taggable items tagged | ||||
| % of spend that is untaggable | ||||
| frequency of data updates | ||||
| avg price per hour of compute | ||||
| unit cost (total spend divided by a business metric) | ||||
| SP/RI coverage percentage | determine when or if to buy new plans | finance | ||
| SP/RI utilization percentage | determine when or if to sell existing plans, or prefer specific resource types | finance | ||
| expiring SP/RI plans | select when or if to purchase new plans | finance | ||
| total spot pricing opportunities (#) | determine spot eligibility | finance | ||
| total spot pricing opportunities ($) | determine spot viability | finance | ||
| total bill vs forecast (14, 21, 28 day) | finance | |||
| budget variance | finance | |||
| forecast variance (14, 21, 28 day) | finance | |||
| usage on weekdays VS weekends | finance |
- Add categories to KPIs (tags, optimization, accuracy, etc)
- Add FinOps team OKRs / Goals