AWS Well-Architected Review
Ensure your AWS workloads are built on solid foundations. Our Well-Architected Review service helps you identify risks and opportunities for improvement across six pillars of architectural excellence.
The Six Pillars
1. Operational Excellence
The ability to support development and run workloads effectively, gain insight into their operations, and continuously improve supporting processes and procedures.
We Review:
- Infrastructure as Code practices
- Monitoring and observability
- Incident response procedures
- Change management processes
- Deployment practices
2. Security
The security pillar describes how to take advantage of cloud technologies to protect data, systems, and assets in a way that can improve your security posture.
We Review:
- Identity and access management
- Detective controls
- Infrastructure protection
- Data protection
- Incident response capability
3. Reliability
The reliability pillar encompasses the ability of a workload to perform its intended function correctly and consistently when it’s expected to.
We Review:
- Workload architecture
- Change management
- Failure management
- Backup and recovery
- Monitoring and testing
4. Performance Efficiency
The ability to use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements, and to maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve.
We Review:
- Architecture selection
- Compute and storage optimization
- Database performance
- Network configuration
- Monitoring practices
5. Cost Optimization
The ability to run systems to deliver business value at the lowest price point.
We Review:
- Cost-effective resources
- Right-sizing opportunities
- Reserved capacity usage
- Data transfer optimization
- Unused resource elimination
6. Sustainability
The ability to continually improve sustainability impacts by reducing energy consumption and increasing efficiency across all components of a workload.
We Review:
- Region selection
- Resource utilization
- Managed services adoption
- Scaling patterns
- Architecture efficiency
Our Review Process
Phase 1: Discovery (Week 1)
- Stakeholder interviews
- Architecture documentation review
- AWS account assessment
- Workload identification
Phase 2: Assessment (Week 2-3)
- Detailed technical review
- Best practice comparison
- Risk identification
- Cost analysis
- Security audit
Phase 3: Reporting (Week 4)
- Comprehensive report delivery
- Risk classification (High, Medium, Low)
- Prioritized recommendations
- Implementation roadmap
- Cost-benefit analysis
Phase 4: Presentation (Week 4)
- Executive summary presentation
- Technical deep dive session
- Q&A with your team
- Next steps discussion
What You Get
Detailed Report Including:
- Executive summary
- Current state assessment
- Risk analysis by pillar
- Prioritized recommendations
- Remediation steps
- Estimated effort for improvements
- ROI projections
Workshop Session
- 2-hour presentation
- Technical team Q&A
- Implementation planning
- Best practices training
Ongoing Support
- 30 days post-review support
- Follow-up consultation
- Implementation assistance
- Re-assessment after improvements
Who Should Get a Review?
✓ Organizations running production workloads on AWS ✓ Companies preparing for audit or compliance ✓ Teams launching new AWS projects ✓ Organizations experiencing performance issues ✓ Companies concerned about AWS costs ✓ Teams wanting to follow AWS best practices
Benefits of Well-Architected Review
Improved Security
- Identify security gaps
- Implement security best practices
- Meet compliance requirements
- Reduce security risks
Increased Reliability
- Minimize downtime
- Improve disaster recovery
- Enhance system resilience
- Better incident response
Better Performance
- Optimize resource usage
- Improve application speed
- Scale efficiently
- Reduce latency
Cost Savings
- Identify waste
- Right-size resources
- Optimize pricing models
- Reduce unnecessary spending
Operational Excellence
- Standardize processes
- Automate operations
- Improve monitoring
- Enhance team efficiency
Industry-Specific Reviews
Public Sector
- Government compliance focus
- Security requirements
- Data sovereignty
- Budget optimization
Financial Services
- Regulatory compliance
- High availability requirements
- Security and encryption
- Disaster recovery
Healthcare
- Data privacy compliance
- Patient data protection
- System reliability
- Audit readiness
Our Expertise
✓ AWS Well-Architected Partner ✓ Certified Solutions Architects ✓ 50+ reviews completed ✓ Multi-industry experience ✓ Public sector expertise
Review Timeline
| Week | Activities | Deliverables |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discovery & planning | Project plan |
| 2-3 | Technical assessment | Draft findings |
| 4 | Report preparation | Final report |
| 4 | Presentation | Recommendations |
Follow-Up Services
After your Well-Architected Review, we can help with:
Remediation Services
- Implementation of recommendations
- Architecture redesign
- Migration planning
- Security improvements
Continuous Improvement
- Quarterly re-assessments
- Ongoing optimization
- Architecture evolution
- Best practice updates
Pricing
Standard Review
- Single workload
- All six pillars
- Comprehensive report
- One presentation session
- Starting from RM 15,000
Enterprise Review
- Multiple workloads
- Priority support
- Detailed roadmap
- Follow-up sessions
- Implementation support
- Custom pricing
Success Stories
Government Agency
- 40% cost reduction achieved
- Security score improved from 60% to 95%
- Zero downtime for 12 months
- Compliance requirements met
Financial Institution
- High availability architecture
- 99.99% uptime achieved
- 30% performance improvement
- Disaster recovery implemented
Get Your Well-Architected Review
Don’t wait for issues to arise. Be proactive about your AWS architecture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long does a review take? Typically 3-4 weeks from start to final presentation.
Do we need to be an AWS customer? Yes, you should have workloads running on AWS.
Can we implement recommendations ourselves? Absolutely! We provide detailed implementation guides.
How often should we do reviews? We recommend annual reviews or after major architecture changes.
Is this the same as AWS’s free Well-Architected Tool? No, our review includes hands-on assessment by certified experts, not just a questionnaire.
Start Your Review Today
Ensure your AWS workloads are optimized, secure, and cost-effective. Contact us to schedule your Well-Architected Review.