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A concept for identifying the structural factors that determine cost levels and allocation. It supports prioritising optimization, accurate costing and architecture-aware decision making.
Cost drivers are the underlying factors that determine the level and structure of costs in a product, service, or system. Identifying them enables targeted optimisation, accurate cost allocation and informed decision-making across architecture and product planning. Focus areas include resource consumption, process complexity and external price drivers.
Sum of direct and indirect costs allocated to a feature.
Long-term total costs over the lifecycle of a system or product.
Average cost relative to a user or transaction unit.
Identifying resources triggered by individual services and allocating them to feature costs.
Breakdown of processes and activities to more precisely assign indirect costs.
Reducing process complexity as a lever to lower recurring costs.
Review data basis and define missing metrics.
Define cost owners and responsibilities.
Conduct pilot analysis and prioritise measures.