A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Architecture Notes

Answer first: A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Architecture Notes — a practical field guide from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not decks.

Context & who this is for

Instrument the happy path and the exception path — silent failures are what turn launches into fire drills.

Architecture decisions that age well

Prefer boring technology where the risk is operational, and reserve novelty for the actual product wedge.

Implementation checklist

Prefer boring technology where the risk is operational, and reserve novelty for the actual product wedge.

Failure modes we see in the wild

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive contact with production.

Measurement & rollout

Instrument the happy path and the exception path — silent failures are what turn launches into fire drills.

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