# 12 – Build financial accountability models for data and workload usage **How do you measure and attribute the analytics workload financial accountability?** As your business continues to evolve, so will your analytics workload. Data analytics systems and the data generated from them will grow over time into a mix of both shared and isolated-team resources. Your organization should establish a financial attribution model for these resources. Teams will understand how their use of data analytics influences costs to the business and this promotes a culture of accountability and frugality. Creating a financial accountability model will allow departments to cross-charge departments for shared resources. | **ID** | **Priority** | **Best practice** | | --- | --- | --- | | ☐ BP 12.1 | Recommended | Measure data storage and processing costs per user of the workload. | | ☐ BP 12.2 | Recommended | Balancing agility and skill sets - When to build local compared to centralized data analytics platforms. | | ☐ BP 12.3 | Recommended | Build a common, shared processing system and measure the cost per analytics job. | | ☐ BP 12.3 | Recommended | Restrict and record resource allocation permissions using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). | For more details, refer to the following information: + AWS Cloud Financial Management Blog: [Cost Allocation Blog Series \#1: Cost Allocation Basics That You](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/cost-allocation-basics-that-you-need-to-know/) [Need to Know](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/cost-allocation-basics-that-you-need-to-know/) + AWS Cloud Enterprise Strategy Blog: [Who Pays? Decomplexifying Technology Charges](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/who-pays-decomplexifying-technology-charges/) + AWS Cloud Enterprise Strategy Blog: [Strategy for Efficient Cloud Cost Management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/strategy-for-efficient-cloud-cost-management/) + AWS Cloud Financial Management Blog: [Trends Dashboard with AWS Cost and Usage Reports, Amazon](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/trends-dashboard-with-aws-cost-and-usage-reports-amazon-athena-and-amazon-quicksight/) [Athena, and Quick](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/trends-dashboard-with-aws-cost-and-usage-reports-amazon-athena-and-amazon-quicksight/) + AWS Well-Architected Labs: [Cost Optimization](https://wellarchitectedlabs.com/cost/)