Context
A production AWS account had grown over time without a regular review cadence.
Challenge
The team needed a pragmatic plan, not a giant transformation program.
Approach
Reviewed cost categories, utilization signals, and obvious cleanup candidates.
Checked backups, monitoring, access, and public exposure.
Ranked tasks by business risk and effort.
Outcome
Created an owner-ready remediation backlog.
Separated quick cleanup from deeper architecture work.
Helped leadership decide where limited budget should go first.