Well-Architected Review | Firemind
Well-Architected Review

Six pillars. Every account.Not one workload.

A review done by an engine reading the estate covers everything, and it can be repeated.

All six pillars
Every account in scope
Thousands of resources per pass
Cross-referenced with Config rules
Findings grouped into sprints
Delivered as a cadence
The problem

A review done by hand covers a workload.

Done by an engine reading the estate, it covers everything, and it can be repeated.

The IT Operations Engine reviews every account against all six pillars, cross-references the results with your Config rules and security findings, and hands you a prioritised remediation backlog.

What a review has to produce

  • Coverage of every account, not a workload chosen because it was the one with time available
  • Cross-referencing against your own Config rules and security findings, so nothing cancels out
  • Structural risks surfaced even where the compliance percentage looks healthy
  • Findings prioritised and grouped into work, not delivered as a list
  • A second review, so you can see which pillars moved
What we do

Read the whole estate, then turn findings into work.

The engine reads thousands of resources and hundreds of Config rules in a single pass, across all six pillars. Findings become configuration changes under your authority model, pull requests where the change belongs in code, and decisions surfaced to the right owner where a change needs a business call rather than a technical one.

Operational Excellence
Security
Reliability
Performance Efficiency
Cost Optimisation
Sustainability

Find, fix, keep green

    • Find - The engine reviews Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimisation and Sustainability across every account in scope, reading thousands of resources and hundreds of Config rules in a single pass. Findings are prioritised and grouped into sprints. Structural risks surface even where the compliance percentage looks healthy, such as a production database estate with Multi-AZ disabled, or a region with no threat detection enabled.
    • Fix - Findings become work. Configuration changes under your authority model, pull requests where the change belongs in code, and decisions surfaced to the right owner where a change needs a business call rather than a technical one.
    • Keep green - The review runs as a cadence rather than as a one-off. The second review shows which pillars moved.

Want the whole estate reviewed, not one workload?

Read-only access to the accounts in scope. The full six-pillar review usually lands within the first weeks.

Scope a pilot →
How it starts

Read-only access. The full review within weeks.

The six-pillar review is usually delivered within the first weeks.

  • Read-only across the accounts

    Every account in scope, read in a single pass across thousands of resources and hundreds of Config rules.

    • No workload chosen for convenience
    • Your own Config rules cross-referenced
    • Nothing changed while it reads
  • Six pillars, prioritised

    Findings across all six pillars, prioritised and grouped into sprints rather than delivered as an undifferentiated list.

    • Structural risks surfaced behind healthy percentages
    • Grouped into work your team can pick up
    • Prioritised, not just counted
  • Findings become work

    Configuration changes under your authority model, pull requests where the change belongs in code, and business calls routed to the owner who should make them.

    • Technical fixes executed or raised
    • Business decisions surfaced to the right owner
    • The review repeats, so pillars can be seen to move
What stays with you

Architectural decisions.

The review shows the trade-offs. Your architects make the calls.

You gain:

  • It follows the framework and its pillars. Talk to us about how it relates to the AWS programme.
  • Structural risks surface even where the compliance percentage looks healthy, such as a production database estate with Multi-AZ disabled.
  • The second review is what shows which pillars actually moved.

FAQ

Questions.

It follows the framework and its pillars. Talk to us about how it relates to the AWS programme.

Start with read-only access to the accounts in scope.

The full six-pillar review is usually delivered within the first weeks, prioritised into a backlog your team can work.

Your benefits:

  • Every account - not one workload chosen for convenience.
  • One pass - thousands of resources, hundreds of Config rules.
  • Grouped into sprints - findings arrive as work, not a list.
  • Repeatable - the second review shows which pillars moved.

What happens next?

Talk.

A focused discussion about the estate and which accounts are in scope.

Review.

All six pillars, read-only, delivered within the first weeks.

Work it.

A prioritised backlog, then a second review to show movement.

No obligation. Just a focused discussion about your architecture position.

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