A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Field Notes

Straight answer: A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Field Notes — a field note from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not another framework essay.

Who this is for

Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.

Decisions that still look smart in 18 months

Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.

Build checklist we actually use

Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.

Failure modes we keep seeing

Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.

How we measure rollout

Ignore the buzzwords. For A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Field Notes, the hard constraint is usually data ownership or ops capacity — not how many features fit on a roadmap slide.

We update this when delivery patterns change on live client work.