Finance for architects
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In this lesson
learn the finance vocabulary needed to argue a technical decision.
Planned topics
- Capital expenditure (capex): one-off investment that is often capitalized and depreciated; operating expenditure (opex): ongoing cost in the period.
- Cloud and SaaS shift cost toward opex; custom build is often capex plus run cost. Treatment rules belong to finance: confirm with them.
- Finance cares about budget cycles, payback, and risk, not architecture beauty.
- Always include what the business gets, not only what it spends.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a glossary card: capex, opex, depreciation, NPV, payback, ROI, TCO, with one Larkspur example each (verify definitions with the finance partner).
Check your understanding
Why care about capex versus opex?
Show answer
They hit budgets and reporting differently, which can decide which option is fundable.
Practice
Apply this lesson with the module's lab, exercises and quiz.
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