AWS Solutions Architect Professional Exam Study Guide

Study Materials Used

This study guide is my personal notes for preparing for the SAPRO exam.

Domain	% of Exam
Domain 1: Design for Organizational Complexity	12.5%
Domain 2: Design for New Solutions	31%
Domain 3: Migration Planning	15%
Domain 4: Cost Control	12.5%
Domain 5: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions	29%

Understand
- Determine the key question - the "kicker"
- Figure out what everything means - question and response

Eliminate
- Get rid of responses that are fake or have errors
- Get rid of responses that conflict with the question

Evaluate
- Think through tradeoffs for remaining responses
- Consider both stated and implied dimensions

Choose
- Pick the right answer
- Select best options or eliminate the bad ones

Validate
- Make sure the response answers the key question
- Make sure the response doesn't conflict with any details