A team reviews a new AWS workload and wants to find gaps against AWS best practices.
Identify what the framework is used for.
What is the purpose of the Well-Architected Framework?
The framework helps teams review architectural decisions across six pillars and identify improvements.
Detailed explanation
The framework is a design-review resource, not a certification or exam service.
The framework is a design-review resource, not a certification or exam service.
AWS Artifact provides compliance documents; the framework is for architecture evaluation.
AWS Artifact provides compliance documents; the framework is for architecture evaluation.
The framework guides human design decisions; it does not automatically transform applications.
The framework guides human design decisions; it does not automatically transform applications.
The framework provides questions and best-practice guidance for evaluating and improving workloads.
The framework provides questions and best-practice guidance for evaluating and improving workloads.
Check official documentation
Compare the following points with the official documentation.
AWS Well-Architected Framework Welcomeページの目的と評価方法を確認する。
What to confirm
設計レビューで各柱の質問を使い、改善項目を洗い出せる。
Key points
- Well-Architected Framework
- Six pillars
- Architecture review
Notes
- Environment: AWS公式Well-Architected Frameworkの確認
- Verify current pillar definitions in the official AWS Well-Architected Framework documentation.
Foundation review
Different evaluation axes
Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, and Sustainability address different primary questions, even when one change affects several pillars.
Use the requirement
Map the stated outcome—protection, recovery, efficient resources, lower spending, effective operations, or lower environmental impact—to the corresponding pillar.