Snowflake Well Architected Framework

• Consists of
  1. Input: a series of questions/workshops to be asked to customers
  2. Output: Capability Model that depicts maturity level in each of the pillars
• Pillars:
  1. Enterprise Grade Deployment
  2. Security
  3. Architecture
  4. Data Governance
  5. Cost and Perf Opt
  6. Reliability
• Target Audience (top to bottom)
  1. Executives (C-Suites and C-Suites - 1)
  2. Heads of and Directors
  3. Business Stakeholders
  4. Technical leaders
  5. Technical Executors

Security

• Policies: Network, Authentication, Password, Session

Enterprise Grade Deployment

- Data Strategy is in place
    - Objectives
    - People
    - Technology
    - Operations
    - Integrations
    - Measurement
    - Incentives
- Design conforms to best practices

Data Governance

• lineage and metadata
  • data catalog
  • data classification
  • data lineage
• Quality
  • DMF
• Privacy and security
  • Encryption
  • PII
  • Data Stewardship
• Regulatory Compliance
• Data sharing
  • clean rooms
  • across platforms - Iceberg
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Change control
  • approvals for security policy changes

Cost and Perf Optimization

Reliability

Data Platform Capabilities

Security Governance Layer Processing Layer (Applications, Analytical, Publishing) Data Layer Acquisition Layer Source Layer