Cut to the Chase by Pallav Bora

Configuration Management (CM) in an AWS environment generally involves three areas: AWS resources such as CloudFormation Templates, Security Groups etc Operation System (OS) Application and supporting software/tools (also called application stack)  There are AWS managed services as well as third party software to perform Configuration Management on AWS. AWS recommendations for CM of AWS resources: Inventory and Configuration Tracking of AWS Resources AWS Config with Config Rules or an AWS Config Partner to provide a detailed, visual, and searchable inventory of AWS resources, configuration history, and resource configuration compliance. Change Orchestration for AWS Resources AWS CloudFormation or a third-party AWS-resource orchestration tool to manage AWS resource provisioning, update, and termination. OS and Application Stack Management AWS OpsWorks , BeanStalk or a third-party server configuration management tool to manage OS and application stack...

Hamsterburger When the customer is asking for a hamburger , don’t put a hamster to make the burger. Even though what the customer wants (hamburger ) and what you have (hamster) share the part “ham” they are two different things. Analyze and understand requirements / ingredients for a hamburger Find out if you and your team has the ingredients  In case of gaps look for partners who has the missing ingredients. Time , Time and more Time The process of creating a response to a government solicitation is very similar to the SDLC of a project.  The way we need time to create a quality deliverable , we need time to deliver a quality solicitation response. Identify opportunities VERY VERY early on and start working on it (you may already follow Shipley type processes but may just not know that you are following it. Remember, there were great managers around before universities introduced MBAs). Don’t telescope everything in the last 20 days. Aspirations ...