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Appendix: Operational Excellence (Operate) - AWS Well-Architected Framework Study Guide

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Appendix: Operational Excellence

How do you understand the health of your workload?

  • Identify key performance indicators
  • Define workload metrics
  • Collect and analyze workload metrics
  • Establish workload metrics baselines
  • Learn expected patterns of activity for workload
  • Alert when workload outcomes are at risk
  • Alert when workload anomalies are detected
  • Validate the achievement of outcomes and the effectiveness of KPIs and metrics

How do you understand the health of your operations?

  • Identify key performance indicators
  • Define operations metrics
  • Collect and analyze operations metrics
  • Establish operations metrics baselines
  • Learn the expected patterns of activity for operations
  • Alert when operations outcomes are at risk
  • Alert when operations anomalies are detected
  • Validate the achievement of outcomes and the effectiveness of KPIs and metrics

How do you manage workload and operations events?

  • Use processes for event, incident, and problem management
  • Have a process per alert
  • Prioritize operational events based on business impact
  • Define escalation paths
  • Enable push notifications
  • Communicate status through dashboards
  • Automate responses to events

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