{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FinOps in Action","title":"Effective Cloud Collaboration ft. Chitra Jadhav | Ep # 71","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2284,"description":"Are \"bad tagging\" and \"unused resources\" really the problem, or just the symptoms of a bigger one?In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with senior FinOps manager Chitra Jadhav to explore what it truly takes to build a FinOps practice that lasts not just one that generates a list of recommendations nobody acts on.Drawing on eight years of building FinOps programs from the ground up across six or more organizations, Chitra explains how governance, culture, and cross functional collaboration are the real foundations of cloud cost optimization and why FinOps is only as powerful as the trust and authority an organization is willing to give it.From Architecture Review Boards to Production Readiness Reviews, this conversation unpacks how FinOps can embed itself into the engineering lifecycle before waste ever happens, and why the shift to AI spend makes getting those basics right more urgent than ever. Here’s what we talked about:Why organizational recognition and governance are the prerequisites for any FinOps program to succeedHow to assess FinOps maturity using the FinOps Foundation framework as a starting pointWhy FinOps is a team sport and how to engage finance, engineering, procurement, and application teamsWhat ARBs and Production Readiness Reviews are and how FinOps earns a seat at the tableHow to approach optimization when native cloud provider recommendations run dryThe importance of the FinOps champion model when working across large engineering organizationsChapters:00:47 Meet Chitra Jadhav01:56 Why FinOps Matters03:37 Starting From Scratch03:52 Maturity Assessment Basics04:48 Stakeholder Engagement Model05:56 Where FinOps Reports07:16 Defining Governance08:14 FinOps Checkpoints ARB PRR10:42 What Is an ARB12:51 Running ARB Without Bloat16:38 Shift Left to Optimization18:22 Champion Model and Visibility21:05 Authority Trust and Culture25:29 Realistic Goals and Commitments29:20 Beyond Native Recommendations AI33:02 AI Spend and Future Wrap 🎧...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/19z3-eWZl6c0TEQCJZvYXIgN4CxYIhl9_e56I_mkpWs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wYTdj/YWRhNmM4YzM4NzQ0/NDVlNzFhYmE2NmVi/Y2ZiZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}