You have a unique opportunity to align with the top practices for security, reliability, and operational excellence as outlined in the AWS Well-Architected Framework (WAR) by using the FTR framework. This will enhance your solution, ensuring it is secure and more scalable. FTR is a checklist-based evaluation designed for businesses to help identify and mitigate potential risks within their application or infrastructure before any significant damage occurs. It can be viewed as an assessment conducted prior to production and before launching on the AWS Marketplace.
Benefits of Following the FTR Framework
FTR is not just a framework but a tool to assist businesses validate their architecture and reduce blind spots. It ensures that the organisation’s tools meet enterprise-grade standards, propelling business growth and scale through partnerships. It is a strategic enabler, not just a tech checklist.
A validated FTR builds customer trust, allowing you to earn a qualified software badge and a spot in the AWS partner solution finder, facilitating customer discovery and outreach, and you receive support from AWS solution architects.
3 Key Pillars of FTR
Security: It is crucial to protect data, systems, and assets while capitalising on cloud opportunities.
Reliability: This principle ensures that workloads can rapidly recover from disruptions while meeting the needs of both the business and its customers.
Operational Excellence: This pillar ensures that organisations can efficiently run workloads, monitor performance, and continuously improve operations by utilising automation and established best practices.
Guidelines for Understanding and Preparing for FTR
Regardless of whether your software is delivered as a SaaS solution or deployed by your customer, the FTR assists you in identifying AWS Well-Architected best practices that are unique to your software or product.
- Register your company with the AWS Partner Network
- Enroll on the Software Partner Path
- Review your architecture and operational practices
- Share your opportunities
- Request an FTR
FTR is not merely a once-off task, when integrated into continuous DevOps and cloud enhancement cycles, it can lead to significant achievements, including better software quality, increased customer trust, and cost savings.
For assistance in preparing for FTR, reach out to Developmenthub, an accredited AWS partner that provides workshops, tools, and guidelines to assist you in succeeding in your cloud journey.
