Cost and sustainability levers
Recall cost and sustainability levers that reduce waste while preserving workload requirements.
Waste scan WASTE What does WASTE check before a cost review? Five common waste sources Decision lens No-regret optimization versus trade-off optimization Do not route no-regret waste through committees; do not hide trade-offs as cleanup. Objection handler Cut every team's cloud spend by 15 percent. Leadership wants quick savings after a bill spike. Your line Let's remove no-regret waste first, then choose value trade-offs by workload owner and SLO. Saying cuts are impossible. It creates speed without damaging high-value or high-risk workloads blindly. Sustainability Which cost lever often improves sustainability too? Reducing idle and oversized resources. Less unused compute usually…
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