Context, scopes, maturity and pathways: how FinOps adoption really starts
FinOps adoption starts with context, moves through scopes, defines maturity and follows pathways. This layered model turns the Foundation’s framework into a practical plan that fits intent, not theory.
When you join a company as a FinOps practitioner, you rarely begin with a blank slate.
You inherit a context.
You have a mandate: cut costs, bring visibility, manage migration, or prove the value of cloud spend. Expectations are high, constraints are real, and somewhere there is a half-written slide promising savings by Q3. That context decides your first move long before any framework does.
This is where Context, Scopes, maturity and Carlo Wejszko’s ‘Pathways to FinOps Adoption’ becomes useful. His article breaks adoption into patterns, repeatable paths organisations tend to follow. They are not abstract theories; they reflect the reality of practitioners adapting to circumstance.
