02 — Capability · BC-710.20
Technology Financial Management
Know what technology costs, who consumes it and what it returns, so budgets are defended with evidence and consumers see the price of their choices.
- IT Finance
- Technology Business Management
- Showback and Chargeback
In scope
- Technology budgeting and forecasting
- Cost allocation to services and business units
- Cloud and subscription spend control
- Unit cost and benchmark tracking
Out of scope
- General ledger accounting for technology spend (see BC-210)
- Enterprise-wide planning and analysis (see BC-220)
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Used in · 0
- Not yet placed on a value stream.
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- Nothing in the library points here yet.
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-710.20.10Technology Budgeting & ForecastingBuild and maintain the run and change budgets for technology, with a forecast that moves as commitments and consumption change.
- BC-710.20.20Cost Allocation & ShowbackAttribute technology cost to the services, applications and business units that consume it, and show each consumer its bill.
- BC-710.20.30Cloud & Subscription Spend ControlWatch consumption-based and subscription spend continuously, catch waste early and hold teams to the commitments they made.
- BC-710.20.40Cost BenchmarkingCompare the unit cost of technology services against internal history and external reference points to find where the enterprise pays too much.