Well Architected Framework Review

The AWS Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) is a comprehensive guide on how to best operate infrastructure on the AWS platform. The WAFR provides high-level guidance on best practices to help customers like you properly leverage AWS capabilities.

Apex Systems will perform a comprehensive in-depth account review of your current AWS footprint based on the 6 Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework including:

Operational Excellence: This pillar emphasizes the importance of monitoring and improving systems and processes to deliver business value. It involves automating operations and responding to events to ensure continuous improvement.

Security: Focuses on protecting data, systems, and assets through risk assessments and mitigation strategies. It includes implementing strong identity and access management, encryption, and monitoring to safeguard your environment.

Reliability: Ensures that your workload performs its intended function consistently and correctly. It involves designing systems to recover quickly from failures and scaling to meet demand.

Performance Efficiency: Uses computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements. This pillar involves selecting the right resource types and sizes, monitoring performance, and making informed decisions to optimize efficiency.

Cost Optimization: Aims to control and reduce costs by avoiding unnecessary expenses. It includes understanding and managing where money is spent, using cost-effective resources, and continually seeking ways to optimize spending.

Sustainability: Focuses on minimizing environmental impact by optimizing workloads and resources. It involves designing systems that are energy-efficient and reducing waste to promote long-term sustainability.

Deliverables:

Apex will outline the scope of work within your AWS account to comprehensively review your current AWS cloud architecture using the AWS Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) Tool.

The AWS WAFR involves workshops that utilize specific questions and findings to assess and identify best practices in the workload. This process will establish a framework focused on architectural guidance that aligns with technical objectives, ultimately helping to optimize business value. The review will provide recommendations across all pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, targeting improvements in areas such as cloud operations and support, security, performance and reliability, cost optimization, and future sustainability.