Documenting a workload in AWS WA Tool - AWS Well-Architected Tool

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Documenting a workload in AWS WA Tool

After you've defined a workload in AWS Well-Architected Tool, you can document its state by opening the Review workload page. This helps you assess your workload and track its progress over time.

To document the state of a workload
  1. After you initially define a workload, you see a page that shows the current details of your workload. Choose Start reviewing to begin.

    Otherwise, in the left navigation pane, choose Workloads and select the name of the workload to open the workload details page. Choose Continue reviewing.

    (Optional) If a profile is associated with your workload, then the left navigation pane contains a list of Prioritized workload review questions you can use to speed up the workload review process.

  2. You are now presented with the first question. For each question:

    1. Read the question and determine if the question applies to your workload.

      For additional guidance, choose Info and view the information in the help pane.

      • If the question does not apply to your workload, choose Question does not apply to this workload.

      • Otherwise, select the best practices that you are currently following from the list.

        If you are currently not following any of the best practices, choose None of these.

      For additional guidance on any item, choose Info and view the information in the help pane.

    2. (Optional) If one or more best practices do not apply to your workload, choose Mark best practice(s) that don't apply to this workload and select them. For each selected best practice, you can optionally select a reason and provide additional details.

    3. (Optional) Use the Notes box to record information related to the question.

      For example, you might describe why the question does not apply or provide additional details about the best practices selected.

    4. Choose Next to continue to the next question.

    Repeat these steps for each question in each pillar.

  3. Choose Save and exit at any time to save your changes and pause documenting your workload.

After you've documented your workload, you can return to the questions to continuing reviewing it at anytime. For more information, see Reviewing a workload with AWS Well-Architected Framework.