Architecture Decision Record Template

Answer first: Architecture Decision Record Template — a practical field guide from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not decks.

Context & who this is for

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

Architecture decisions that age well

Teams that document trade-offs before coding waste fewer sprints when requirements shift mid-build.

Implementation checklist

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

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

Skip the buzzwords. For Architecture Decision Record Template, the constraint that matters is usually data ownership, not feature count.

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