decisions

Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and Product Decision Records (PDRs) provide a structured framework for documenting critical architecture and product decisions, ensuring clarity, traceability, and maintainability of project evolution through standardized formats.

You create an Architecture Decision Record (ADR) by using a predefined template to outline options considered, rationale for the chosen technology, and long-term implications, enforcing standardized formats, naming conventions, and reference-style linking for procedural knowledge.

You can track the status of product decisions by enforcing status tracking with states like proposed, accepted, deprecated, and superseded by for each Product Decision Record (PDR), maintaining accurate procedural knowledge and implementation choices throughout the lifecycle.

Managing decision records requires a documentation system that supports adherence to template guidelines and reference-style linking, enforcing standardized formats, naming conventions, and date accuracy for procedural knowledge and implementation choices.

You need an Architecture Decision Record (ADR) when deciding on critical implementation choices like a new database technology, using standardized formats to outline options considered, rationale, and long-term implications to ensure clarity and traceability.