AWS Well-Architected Framework Review provides a consistent approach for clients to evaluate architectures and implement designs that will scale over time. The review can be conducted as a one-time assessment or performed recurrently for continuous optimization of your cloud workloads. Our professional service offering provides a comprehensive review of your AWS workloads based on the 6 Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework:

• Operational Excellence: Evaluate processes and procedures to deliver business value and continually improve operations through automation, event response, and defined standards
• Security: Assess controls to protect data, systems, and assets while enabling identifying and managing privileged access
• Reliability: Review ability to prevent and quickly recover from failures to meet business needs, including foundations, recovery planning, and failure handling
• Performance Efficiency: Analyze selection and usage of cloud resources to maintain efficiency as business needs evolve while monitoring performance
• Cost Optimization: Evaluate spending to avoid surplus costs through resource optimization, matching supply to demand, and expenditure awareness
• Sustainability: Assess approaches to minimize environmental impacts like implementing a shared sustainability model and maximizing utilization

C&T Engagement Model

• Detailed assessment of your current AWS environment and configurations based on the “6 Pillars”
• Identification of high-risk issues (HRIs) and areas not aligned to AWS best practices
• Actionable recommendations on remediations, mitigations, and architectural improvements
• Optionally, guidance on funding from AWS for implementing suggested changes

Key Benefits

• Leverage AWS Well-Architected best practices from C&T certified experts
• Pinpoint potential security vulnerabilities and compliance gaps
• Improve reliability, performance, and operational excellence
• Optimize cloud spending and resource utilization
• Enable secure, efficient, and sustainable cloud architectures
• Qualify for AWS funding credits towards the recommended changes

Delivery Approach

• Initial scoping and requirement gathering
• Deployment of automated data collection and assessment tools
• Collaborative review sessions with your teams
• Remediation planning and architectural guidance
• Final report with detailed findings and recommendations
• Support for funding request process (if applicable)