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specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: McKinsey & Company
providerId: mckinsey-and-company
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Consulting
  - Management Consulting
  - Professional Services
  - MBB
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  McKinsey & Company has no public developer API and no metered billing
  surface. Costs flow through bilateral consulting engagement contracts
  and appear on client books as professional-services spend, not as
  metered API invoices. McKinsey itself advises clients on FinOps and
  cloud financial-management programs (often delivered through McKinsey
  Digital and QuantumBlack), but does not consume FinOps for its own
  corporate offerings. McKinsey-published open-source software is
  released free of charge under permissive licenses and does not enter
  the FinOps billing surface.
notes: >-
  No public developer API — placeholder only. McKinsey's FinOps practice
  is an advisory offering, not a billed McKinsey API product.
sources:
  - https://www.mckinsey.com/
  - https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/how-we-help-clients
  - https://github.com/mckinsey
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: McKinsey & Company
serviceCategory: Professional Services
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Contract
  billingFrequency: Per-Invoice
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: McKinsey Engagement
  ServiceCategory: Professional Services
  ProviderName: McKinsey & Company
  PublisherName: McKinsey & Company
  InvoiceIssuerName: McKinsey & Company
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: engagement_contract
    description: >-
      Master engagement contract — not a metered unit; costs flow
      through time-and-materials, fixed-fee, or
      managed-services-subscription invoicing from the McKinsey
      engagement team.
    unit: contract
    aggregation: count
    dimensions:
      - client
      - practice
      - engagement_partner
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >-
      Track McKinsey cost as professional-services spend on the client
      GL, not as a metered API line.
  - name: Allocation
    description: >-
      Allocate engagement cost to the sponsoring business unit;
      pass-through hyperscaler costs incurred during a McKinsey-led
      build or managed-services arrangement should be allocated
      through the underlying cloud bill rather than the McKinsey
      invoice.
  - name: Optimization
    description: >-
      Optimize by applying the same FinOps practices McKinsey advises
      clients to use on hyperscaler workloads, ensuring engagement
      scope and run-rate are consistent with the value being
      delivered.
  - name: Accountability
    description: >-
      Engagement sponsor on the client side and the McKinsey
      engagement partner share accountability for cost and value
      delivered.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com