The Six Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework as defined by AWS
Operational excellence
Your systems need excellent automation, well-known policies, and team cohesion. This pillar focuses on continuously improving processes and procedures.
Reliability
Does your workload perform the intended functions? How do you recover from failures? In this pillar, we focus on topics like recovery planning and adapting to requirement changes.
Cost optimization
What steps are you taking to manage cost? Do you regularly stay informed on new products or technology that can be used to reduce costs? Our team can help you identify areas for cost savings.
Security
How are you securing your workload? We’ll look at a wide range of factors, such as access and user management, temporary credentials, and how you secure your data.
Performance efficiency
Have you allocated resources effectively and efficiently? We’ll help you optimize resource types and sizes for workload performance to maintain efficiency as you evolve.
Sustainability
In this pillar we focus on minimizing environmental impacts of running cloud workloads. Specifically, we’ll maximize utilization to minimize the required resources and reduce downstream impacts.