A well-architected enterprise architecture

Developing best practices on AWS has been a result of our experience running internet-scale systems. Experts such as principal engineers play a key role in identifying the best practices, which are usually driven by data. As new best practices emerge from community work, principal engineers ensure teams follow them. These best practices will be incorporated as time passes, ensuring compliance. We present our customer-friendly implementation of the Well-Architected Framework as a result of our internal review process. Architects, internal engineers, and others from the field have been incorporated into it. This information can be utilized on a scalable basis using the Well-Architected Framework.

By using a principal engineering community with distributed ownership, a well-architected enterprise architecture can emerge based on the needs of customers. Having a holistic view of risks across the entire portfolio is crucial for CTOs and other...