Architecture Decision Record Template

Straight answer: Architecture Decision Record Template — a field note from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not another framework essay.

Who this is for

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive the first month of real traffic.

Decisions that still look smart in 18 months

Teams that write trade-offs down before coding burn fewer sprints when a stakeholder changes their mind mid-build. We keep ADRs short on purpose.

Build checklist we actually use

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive the first month of real traffic.

Failure modes we keep seeing

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive the first month of real traffic.

How we measure rollout

Ignore the buzzwords. For Architecture Decision Record Template, 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.