# Best practices
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 There are four best practice areas for operational excellence in the cloud. 

 For more information on these areas, see the [AWS Well-Architected Framework whitepaper](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/operational-excellence-pillar/operational-excellence.html). 

 **Organization** 
+ [ HPCOPS01-BP01 Start from business objectives and organizational priorities, and drive operational decisions about your HPC environment from them ](organization.md#hpcops01-bp01)

 **Prepare** 
+ [ HPCOPS02-BP01 Evaluate options for scheduling jobs in your cloud environment ](prepare.md#hpcops02-bp01)
+ [ HPCOPS03-BP01 Understand your data movement requirements ](prepare.md#hpcops03-bp01)
+ [ HPCOPS04-BP01 Minimize impact when migrating users and their jobs between HPC environments ](prepare.md#hpcops04-bp01)
+ [ HPCOPS04-BP02 Implement your environments with infrastructure as code and version control your deployments ](prepare.md#hpcops04-bp02)
+ [ HPCOPS05-BP01 Predict how your system will respond to failures and design your operational management to mitigate these. ](prepare.md#hpcops05-bp01)

 **Operate** 
+ [ HPCOPS06-BP01 Test and observe job-level performance for every change ](operate.md#hpcops06-bp01)

 **Evolve** 
+ [ HPCOPS07-BP01 Review and test the latest service, product and software updates for business fit and reduction in operational overhead. ](evolve.md#hpcops07-bp01)

**Topics**
+ [Organization](organization.md)
+ [Prepare](prepare.md)
+ [Operate](operate.md)
+ [Evolve](evolve.md)