In the organization that I work in, costs are transparent to everyone involved and most people are aware of the need to keep costs as low as possible. One of t

In the organization that I work in, costs are transparent to everyone involved and most people are aware of the need to keep costs as low as possible. One of the downsides with this approach is that engineers/developers are not very good business people and don't really understand the notion of "the cost of doing business". And from time to time we have issues with "but it costs $70 more per month", and spend $1000 to optimize those $70 :) In the end, even with some of the wrinkles mention above it helps and saves money when costs are transparent and readily available for anyone.