I did a lot of work on outcome (worth based) models back in 2004-2007 ... they tend to expose weakness in the business to define value and inability of budgets to cope with variable models - blog.gardeviance.org/2008/09/sound-…
One of the most interesting aspects of Serverless - as we move to measuring capital flow and opex for running code, as IT becomes even more an enabler rather than an obstacle - is the shift will expose huge weaknesses in other groups (from strategy to finance to HR) ...
... in the past, IT has always been the whipping boy, the one to blame, to point the finger at. In reality, past inefficiency & ineffectivess in IT has simply masked wider organisational problems. The next decade should get very interesting ...
... it's also why I've been talking about the world of #serverless becoming more a world of Development + Finance. Next time you attend a #ServerlessConf, bring your CFO.
To be honest, most people seem not to grok how important billing per function is. They will, over time. Those practices of managing, monitoring and refactoring with capital flow are just emerging. Keep an eye on @ewindisch ... great things will happen.
