# OPS11-BP05 Define drivers for improvement
OPS11-BP05 Define drivers for improvement

 Identify drivers for improvement to help you evaluate and prioritize opportunities based on data and feedback loops. Explore improvement opportunities in your systems and processes, and automate where appropriate. 

 **Desired outcome:** 
+  You track data from across your environment. 
+  You correlate events and activities to business outcomes. 
+  You can compare and contrast between environments and systems. 
+  You maintain a detailed activity history of your deployments and outcomes. 
+  You collect data to support your security posture. 

 **Common anti-patterns:** 
+  You collect data from across your environment but do not correlate events and activities. 
+  You collect detailed data from across your estate, and it drives high Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail activity and cost. However, you do not use this data meaningfully. 
+  You do not account for business outcomes when defining drivers for improvement. 
+  You do not measure the effects of new features. 

 **Benefits of establishing this best practice:** 
+  You minimize the impact of event-based motivations or emotional investment by determining criteria for improvement. 
+  You respond to business events, not just technical ones. 
+  You measure your environment to identify areas of improvement. 

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

## Implementation guidance
Implementation guidance
+  Understand drivers for improvement: You should only make changes to a system when a desired outcome is supported. 
  +  Desired capabilities: Evaluate desired features and capabilities when evaluating opportunities for improvement. 
    +  [What's New with AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/new/) 
  +  Unacceptable issues: Evaluate unacceptable issues, bugs, and vulnerabilities when evaluating opportunities for improvement. Track rightsizing options, and seek optimization opportunities. 
    +  [AWS Latest Security Bulletins](https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/) 
    +  [AWS Trusted Advisor](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/trustedadvisor/) 
    +  [Cloud Intelligence Dashboards](https://www.wellarchitectedlabs.com/cloud-intelligence-dashboards/) 
  +  Compliance requirements: Evaluate updates and changes required to maintain compliance with regulation, policy, or to remain under support from a third party, when reviewing opportunities for improvement. 
    +  [AWS Compliance](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/) 
    +  [AWS Compliance Programs](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/programs/) 
    +  [AWS Compliance Latest News](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/compliance-latest-news/) 

## Resources
Resources

 **Related best practices:** 
+  [OPS01 Organization priorities](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/operational-excellence-pillar/organization-priorities.html) 
+  [OPS02 Relationships and Ownerships](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/operational-excellence-pillar/relationships-and-ownership.html) 
+  [OPS04-BP01 Identify key performance indicators](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/operational-excellence-pillar/ops_observability_identify_kpis.html) 
+  [OPS08 Utilizing Workload Observability](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/operational-excellence-pillar/utilizing-workload-observability.html) 
+  [OPS09 Understanding Operational Health](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/operational-excellence-pillar/understanding-operational-health.html) 
+  [OPS11-BP03 Implement feedback loops](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/operational-excellence-pillar/ops_evolve_ops_feedback_loops.html) 

 **Related documents:** 
+  [Amazon Athena](https://aws.amazon.com/athena/?whats-new-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-cards.sort-order=desc) 
+  [Quick](https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/) 
+  [AWS Compliance](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/) 
+  [AWS Compliance Latest News](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/compliance-latest-news/) 
+  [AWS Compliance Programs](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/programs/) 
+  [AWS Glue](https://aws.amazon.com/glue/?whats-new-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-cards.sort-order=desc) 
+  [AWS Latest Security Bulletins](https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/) 
+  [AWS Trusted Advisor](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/trustedadvisor/) 
+  [Export your log data to Amazon S3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/S3Export.html) 
+  [What's New with AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/new/) 
+  [The Imperatives of Customer-Centric Innovation](https://aws.amazon.com/executive-insights/content/the-imperatives-of-customer-centric-innovation/) 
+  [Digital Transformation: Hype or a Strategic Necessity?](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/digital-transformation-hype-or-a-strategic-necessity/) 

 **Related Videos** 
+  [AWS re:Invent 2023 - Improve operational efficiency and resilience with Support (SUP310)](https://youtu.be/jaehZYBNG0Y?si=UNEaLZsXDrxcBgYo)