IT Budgeting and Financial Management Questions

Cover development and governance of information technology budgets, financial planning and ongoing cost optimization. Topics include building budgets tied to business priorities, understanding cost drivers and total cost of ownership, operating cloud spend and cloud cost governance, chargeback and cost allocation models, capital versus operating spend considerations, vendor and contract negotiation, and showing return on investment and cost effectiveness. Discuss metrics and reporting that demonstrate financial stewardship, techniques for cost reduction that preserve service quality, and practices such as financial operations to continually optimize spend.