During a monthly review, a stakeholder questions the accuracy of a sudden spike in cloud compute costs for a specific business unit. The FinOps team relies on the FOCUS data model to investigate. Which of the following best supports data auditability in this situation?
A company using the FOCUS model is comparing storage usage across cloud providers. One provider reports usage in GB-months while another uses TB-hours. What practice should the FinOps team follow to ensure consistent measurement and reporting?
During a monthly FinOps review, the team notices sudden spikes in compute costs. Upon investigation, they find malformed usage entries in the dataset. Which of the following best aligns with FOCUS data quality assurance practices to proactively prevent such issues?
During a FinOps maturity review, an organization identifies inconsistent metadata usage as a barrier to effective cost attribution. The FinOps team proposes implementing the FOCUS schema. Which FinOps Framework domain does this action primarily support, and why?
During a quarterly FinOps review, a team discovers discrepancies between departmental showback reports and raw cloud billing data. To improve auditability and traceability using the FOCUS data model, which approach should they prioritize?