Identifying and Examining Performance Bottlenecks

Now that your KPIs are in place, you’re ready for the next step, which is to identify performance bottlenecks and determine what could be improved in your solution architecture. These improvements are something that, as a solutions architect, you should always relentlessly look for. Even in situations where you already meet your performance objectives, there might still be some margin for improvement. You may, for instance, discover that you could potentially still meet your performance objectives using fewer resources, thereby reducing your costs and carbon footprint at the same time.

If you have set up alarms and have been notified of out-of-range KPI value(s), you know exactly which KPI(s) to use to start your investigation. If no alarm was set up or triggered but you still want to scrutinize your KPIs, start by looking at your most important KPI first, then proceed with all your KPIs in decreasing order of importance to...