Assess operations, change management, observability, and runbooks against Google Cloud guidance.
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name: google-cloud-waf-operational-excellence
description: >-
Generates operations-focused guidance for Google Cloud workloads based on the
design principles and recommendations in the Operational Excellence pillar of
the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework (WAF). Use this skill to evaluate
a workload, identify operational requirements, and provide actionable
recommendations for deployment, monitoring, and incident management.
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# Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework skill for the Operational Excellence pillar
## Overview
The operational excellence pillar in the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework
provides recommendations to operate workloads efficiently on Google Cloud.
Operational excellence in the cloud involves designing, implementing, and
managing cloud solutions that provide value, performance, security, and
reliability. The recommendations in this pillar help you to continuously improve
and adapt workloads to meet the dynamic and ever-evolving needs in the cloud.
## Core principles
The recommendations in the operational excellence pillar of the Well-Architected
Framework are aligned with the following core principles: