Recap. Wave two is underway. Costs are no longer abstract — they have owners, product codes, and a line on someone else’s P&L.
Series In Production · 2
Part of In Production. Browse the series overview for every part.
Outline
- Hook: The first attributed platform bill lands in a business unit inbox
- Context: Showback → chargeback transition; shared-cost allocation rules from year one tested for real
- Politics: “We didn’t ask for a landing zone” vs. “You couldn’t deploy without it”
- NZ field note: The meeting where the CFO’s delegate asks the platform team to justify its existence against a public cloud bill
Sections to Draft
- The four questions finance will ask (mirror series two cost surprise)
- Allocation rule archaeology — what breaks when tenants see true cost
- When to centralise vs. when to attribute (decision table)
- Steal-this checklist
Next in the Series
Part 3 — “The Platform Team Becomes a Product Team (or Fails To).” Tenants want onboarding in days, self-service, and a roadmap. Does the team adopt product management — or stay a ticket queue?
One Block · build from here
Run one showback report for a friendly business unit before finance mandates chargeback — and note which line items need a narrative, not just a number.