Use this Lens when you want to review the IoT workload. This Lens, however, does not replace the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Instead, it is a supplemental content that clarifies how to interpret and adopt the generic best practices of the Framework into the IoT workload designs. Therefore, we still recommend you to read the Well-Architected Framework whitepaper for more general yet comprehensive guidance for your new architecture designs, or for architecture reviews of existing IoT workload on premises or on AWS.
To conduct a workload review, first of all, read this document. Second, check whether your workload design follows each of the best practices, and lastly, record which best practices your workload should follow for further improvement. After the review, you will have a list of best practices that shows the workload is well-architected, or that it needs improvement. For the well-architected architectural components, share your knowledge among your teams to amplify them. For the best practices that your workload does not follow yet, treat them as technical debt and risks to your business. By adhering to your team’s risk management process, you need to acknowledge them as risks, assess the likelihood and size of impact, examine solutions, implement solutions, and monitor the results. Since this Lens does not only provide the best practices but also recommends corresponding solutions, you can use them while exploring risk mitigation solutions.
