AWS Competency Application Readiness Checklist

Introduction
The purpose of the checklist is to measure your readiness as an APN Partner before formally applying for the
AWS Competency Program. The below items address the common gaps in an application that can be blockers
or even result in failing to obtain AWS Competency status. To help ensure you are fully prepared, please
review the below information before you apply.

Each AWS Competency has a unique set of prerequisites and technical requirements. Please make sure you are
using the most updated Validation Checklist (VCL) for your targeted AWS Competency. All current VCL’s can be
found here: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/competencies/

Checklist
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1 APN Verify your firm is an Advanced or Premier Tier APN Partner

Tier (View requirements: Technology or Consulting). The majority of the AWS ☐
Competencies require Advanced and above to qualify.

2 Practice/Solution Review your firm’s practice/solution page to ensure it includes the below required
Page information:
(Microsite)  Must be easily discoverable on your website
 Highlight the partnership with AWS
 Detailing your specific practice on AWS, depending on the Competency you’re
applying for. This can include:
o Overview of the solution, practice or tool
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o The AWS solutions use cases
o Reference architecture
o Technology partnerships
o Sample TCO pricing
o Other relevant information supporting the APN Partner’s expertise.
o Highlighting the partnership with AWS
 Link to your AWS public case studies (Customer references)
 Ensure that you are using the correct AWS Service and Product names.
o See here for Service and Product list:
https://aws.amazon.com/products/

3 Practice/Solution Practice/solution with AWS best practice examples.

Page: Best practice examples:
Examples  Ahead’s Storage Solution Page: Click Here ☐
 Relus Cloud’s DevOps Practice Page: Click Here
 InterCloud’s Networking Solution Page: Click Here
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4 AWS Customer Confirm you have collected the minimum required number of public and private
References (Case customer references.
Studies)  Verify the number of references required for each specific AWS Competency.
Click here to lo-cate requirements specific to each Competency program.
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Note: Most AWS Competencies require at least 4 customer references, of which, 2
must be public. Some AWS Competencies, such as Government and Financial
Services, require fewer public references due to industry nature.

5 Public Customer Confirm the content for each public reference includes:
Reference
 Name of the customer
 Customer Problem statement/definition
 What solution you proposed
 How and what AWS Services were used as part of the solution
o Ensure that you are using the correct AWS Service and Product
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names.
o See here for Service and Product list:
https://aws.amazon.com/products/
 Third party applications or solutions used
 Outcome(s)/results
 Lessons learned

Note: One of the most common misses for public references is failure to mention how
AWS was used as part of the solution. This is a blocker.

6 Practice/Solution Customer references can be submitted as:

Page:
Examples  Case study
 White paper
 Blog post
Best practice examples:
AWS Consulting Partners (SIs)
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 Enquizit’s Government Reference: Click Here
 base2Services DevOps Reference: Click Here
 KCOM DevOps Reference: Click Here
AWS Technology Partners (ISVs)
 LogicMonitors DevOps Reference: Click Here
 Mnubo’s IoT Reference: Click Here
 TriNimbus’s Migration Reference: Click Here

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7 Technical Verify that for each customer reference, you have the proper technical documentation
Documents that includes:

 Customer requirements
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 Architectural Diagrams
 Description of customer implementation.

Note: Reference Section 2 of the Validation Checklist for specific documentation

content. The supporting documentation will be required as an attachment in your AWS
Competency application.

8 NDA Verify that you have signed the AWS Non-Disclosure Agreement. It is required for all ☐
Competency Partners.

9 Technology Specific to Technology APN Partners, verify that you have completed an AWS Well-
Partner
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Architect Review of your solution before applying. View the Technical APN Partner
Reminders Journey for more information.

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