Infrastructure Cost and Usage - Budget and Forecast

Cloud, SaaS, Data Analysis, Forecasting, Product Management

Project Overview:

  • Objective: Develop a comprehensive solution for data collection, analysis, and forecasting of infrastructure costs and usage across the organization’s cloud infrastructure, including GCP, AWS, and Azure. The goal was to improve resource allocation, optimize budgeting, and provide actionable insights for forecasted analysis.
  • Challenge: Efficiently gather and analyze cost data from multiple cloud platforms while ensuring accuracy and delivering cost savings.

    • Approach:

  • Scope: The initiative covered GCP, AWS, and Azure, focusing on forecasting and analysis to enable better budgeting and resource allocation.
  • Reporting: Regular updates were provided to key stakeholders using dashboards and project reports, ensuring transparency and informed decision-making.

    • Project Management Execution:

  • Digital Solution: Conceptualized and developed a digital platform to address the problem statement, delivering visual insights for stakeholders' decision-making.
  • Budget & Schedule Adherence: Achieved ~90% adherence to the budget, schedule, and value of scope by carefully analyzing resource requirements and ensuring efficient allocation.
  • Dashboard Creation: Built and maintained Tableau dashboards to monitor project performance and track resource usage across cloud platforms.
  • Team Management: Led a team of 8 resources, with a monthly project budget of approximately CAD 35k, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones.

    • Results:

  • Cost Savings: Successfully reduced infrastructure costs by ~12% year-over-year.
  • Efficient Resource Allocation: Enabled optimized resource allocation through accurate forecasting and data analysis, leading to better decision-making.

    • Key Skills Utilized:

  • Project Management: Managed large-scale data analysis initiatives, ensuring efficiency in resource allocation and budgeting.
  • Data Analysis & Forecasting: Leveraged data from GCP, AWS, and Azure to provide accurate cost forecasts and optimization strategies.
  • Stakeholder Reporting: Delivered actionable insights through visual reports and dashboards, facilitating executive decision-making.
  • Tools Used: Tableau for dashboarding and reporting, Jira for project management.