SUS06-BP01 Adopt methods that can rapidly introduce sustainability improvements - AWS Well-Architected Framework (2022-03-31)

SUS06-BP01 Adopt methods that can rapidly introduce sustainability improvements

Test and validate potential improvements before deploying them to production. Account for the cost of testing when calculating potential future benefit of an improvement. Develop low-cost testing methods to enable delivery of small improvements.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Medium

Implementation guidance

  • Add requirements for sustainability to your development process.

  • Allow resources to work in parallel to develop, test, and deploy sustainability improvements.

  • Test and validate potential sustainability impact improvements before deploying into production.

  • Test potential improvements using the minimum viable representative components.

  • Deploy tested sustainability improvements to production as they become available.

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