Pre-Implementation Checklist

The following table lists the checklist items that you should review and prepare for prior to beginning your Flexera One Cloud Cost Optimization implementation.

| Requirement | Ready (Yes \| No) | | --- | --- | | Compile a complete list of cloud providers to connect. | Yes \| No | | Review bill data connections for these cloud providers. For information, see Bill Data Connections. | Yes \| No | | Review cloud telemetry connections for these cloud providers. For information, see Cloud Telemetry Connections. | Yes \| No | | Understand the current tagging strategy and coverage. | Yes \| No | | Gather details of Enterprise Discount Program (EDP). | Yes \| No | | Decide the base currency for this implementation and foreign exchange rates which should be applied. | Yes \| No | | List the adjustments to the cloud bill which need to be applied. | Yes \| No | | List chargeback/showback processes. | Yes \| No | | Define levels at which cloud cost needs to be consolidated and applicable allocation rules for cost. For example, allocate cost by tags or by subscription or other applied/exception rules. | Yes \| No | | List the users and access which these users should have to the data. Consider creating Groups for users. | Yes \| No | | Plan the Cloud Cost Optimization strategy. | Yes \| No | | Apply Flexera policies with appropriate parameters to identify optimization opportunities. | Yes \| No | | List the Dashboards which are desired. | Yes \| No | | Define the budget tracking and forecasting process. | Yes \| No | | List external tools which might need to be integrated with Cloud Cost Optimization to work within your technology estate. Cloud Cost Optimization APIs enable a very wide range of inbound and outbound integration. For information, see Cloud Cost Optimization API Capabilities. | Yes \| No |