Operational Excellence with AWS

Buzzwords abound in Information Technology. Well-architected framework. Operational Excellence. These are just two such phrases and they are covered in this episode to ensure you grasp what they mean and why they are important.

In this episode, we present a scenario that will be used throughout this chapter. Widget Makers needs an AWS solution and we’re going to help them implement it with some solid design recommendations.

Resiliency is important in any modern application. Organizations require that their applications and services be there when they need them. In this episode you will explore the concepts and practical implementation methods available to architect a resilient AWS solution.

Now that you understand resilient design, you will apply it to the Widget Makers requirements. See how to offer resilient design for processing, databases, storage and more.

Performance is vital in any modern organization. An organization needs to get the information to its users as expediently as possible. In this episode you will explore the concepts and practical implementation methods available for AWS solution that meet performance goals. See how to offer performant design for getting information to those who need it when they need it.

With an understanding of performant design, it’s time to apply it to Widget Makers. In this episode, see how you can implement a well-performing solution for the intended AWS uses of Widget Makers.

As you know, availability and performance are important, but it’s also important to ensure security of the implemented solution. In this episode, you will explore the AWS best practices for secure design.

Now that you know the best practices for secure design, let’s see how we can apply them to Widget Makers’ needs in this episode.

So, we have availability, performance, and security, but, are we accomplishing it with the least cost? In this episode, you will see how to design for cost-optimization in AWS.

It’s time to take the final pass at our design for Widget Makers. In this episode, we will see how we can keep costs down while accomplishing availability, performance and security for the AWS solution.

In the final episode of this course, you will review best practices related to high availability, scaling and continued learning. Consider this an important checkpoint in the learning process. If you do not fully understand any of the concepts in this episode, go back and review the chapters and episodes related to the concept in question. As the close to the course, this episode is your measurement of knowledge gained and a great foundation point for designing well-architected AWS solutions.