Explaining The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Like You’re 5

Uriel Bitton
Success With AWS
Published in
3 min readApr 18, 2024

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An easy way to understand the AWS CAF and its goals.

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Imagine you are building a complex modern table that you received from the store you ordered online.

You can try your luck and build it yourself. You might take a while to understand how to or you might also not succeed and build it wrong.

You can also simply read the instruction manual inside the shipping box and build the table step by step by following the instructions written on it.

The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework is like the instruction manual for your business to start using the cloud for its IT infrastructure.

A Business Roadmap

The Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) is a roadmap for your business to successfully use the cloud for its various applications, servers and other resources on the web.

Here are the questions it helps your business think about:

  • What do you want to achieve by using AWS?
  • What services and resources do you need to reach your goals?
  • How can you organize your teams and resources to get the most out of AWS?
  • How do you make sure everything runs smoothly and securely on the cloud?

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Uriel Bitton
Success With AWS

I write about AWS services, serverless technology, cloud computing, and cost-efficiency and help you learn how to easily build robust web apps.