How to use it
- 01
Write down why the decision made sense, not only the selected technology.
- 02
Preserve accepted decisions and link a new record when the approach changes.
Keep in mind
A record needs to be accessible to the people affected. A source repository may not suit every cross-company decision.
Try this next
Write a short record for a recent decision whose reasoning currently lives only in a meeting or chat thread.
Get the architecture templateNotes and exercises by Awesome CTO. The original work belongs to Martin Fowler.
