Govern Usage

Govern Usage

Controls

Notifications

  • Goal: Ensure relevant people are notified when costs are predicted to exceed the set budget
  • Target: All accounts have a forecasted budget set, with notifications sent to management, finance and technical leads
  • Best Practice: Controls - Notifications
  • Measures: % of accounts with budgets set
  • Good/Bad: Good
  • Why? When does it work well or not?: Ensure relevant staff are made aware of potential deviations from expected costs and usage
  • Contact/Contributor: costoptimization@amazon.com