Improving your workload
At this point, you've prepared for the WAFR, completed a review, and assessed your workload against AWS best practices.
The output from the WAFR will have identified architectural risks based on the answers captured during the review. These risks are categorized as high risk issues (HRIs) and medium risk issues (MRIs).
During the last phase, you will create an improvement plan that involves creating a list of risks, understanding their impact on your business, identifying solutions, and implementing those solutions according to your organization's priorities.
The following sections provide detailed guidance on the workload improvement process:
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Identify and understand risks
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Determine prescriptive solutions
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Prioritize improvements
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Implement and track improvements
The following cycle shows the main steps included in the improvement phase of the WAFR.
Timeline after the WAFR
One day after the WAFR:
Create a recap email with the improvement plan, and summarize:
Who was in the review
Key findings
Timeline for next steps
Attach the improvement plan
Orient the teams to plan
Two to three days after the WAFR:
Create an HRI prioritization meeting, and prioritize HRIs:
By effort
By impact
With the teams responsible for the workloads
Collaborate on what really matters most to the business
One week after the WAFR:
Begin the improvement plan
Consider the following recommendations:
Duration: 90 or 180 days
Identify priority HRIs
Develop mitigations for each
Try to maximize initiatives to solve multiple HRIs
Routine tasks:
Build a cadence for follow-up meetings regarding the improvement plan
Review actions to take to improve the workload
Consider the following recommendations:
Set attendee expectations
Send them WA question links
Conduct follow up reviews
