GOVERNMENT LENS FOR AWS WELL ARCHITECTED FRAMEWORK

The AWS Well Architected Framework helps you understand the pros and cons of decisions you make while building workloads on AWS. Using the Framework with Thorben Professional Services helps you operationalize architectural best practices on your AWS workloads for designing and operating secure, reliable, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable workloads in the AWS Cloud. Application of the Framework provides a way for you to consistently measure your architectures against AWS best practices and identify areas for improvement. Having well-architected workloads greatly increases your ability to support your business outcomes. Mastering Innovation Together ® with our clients fuels solutions to our clients’ biggest challenges. The AWS Well Architected Framework professional services offer a continuous improvement mechanism and follows a systematic process of (1) Project Scoping, (2) Pillar and Workload Review, (3) AWS Well Architected Framework Best Practice Guidance and Support, and (4) Implementation and Optimization. The Framework is based on six pillars and we will focus on whichever is your highest priority:

Operational Excellence Security Reliability Performance Efficiency Cost Optimization Sustainability The AWS Well Architected Framework applies to all cloud implementations, even those which do not use AWS.

The Government Lens for the AWS Well Architected Framework identifies high level design principles which Government customers should expect to be implemented on their behalf. These include:

Design with purpose; Design with end users (citizens, residents, businesses); Make the service simple and intuitive; Iterate and improve frequently (with end user and staff feedback); Collaborate and work in the open by default; Address security and privacy risks; Build inclusive services; Design trustworthy services; Measure, report, and take data-driven decisions; Consider composable architecture and reusability; Maintain service continuity

An additional and necessary set of considerations for government services covers best practices to verify that services measurably meet the intended policy or service outcomes, whether for public facing services (online or offline), grants management, budgeting, law enforcement or any other function of government. Service effectiveness is a responsibility of the government, but understanding the intended purpose and context of a service helps all parties involved to develop effective services with, or for, government customers.