architecture-decision-records

Document significant technical decisions with structured context, rationale, and consequences. Comprehensive patterns for creating, maintaining, and managing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that capture the context and rationale behind significant technical decisions. An Architecture Decision Record captures: OrderCreated { orderId, customerId, items[], timestamp } OrderItemAdded { orderId, item, timestamp } OrderItemRemoved { orderId, itemId, timestamp } PaymentReceived { orderId, amount, paymentId, timestamp } OrderShipped { orderId, trackingNumber, timestamp } - Provides five template formats (standard MADR, lightweight, Y-statement, deprecation, RFC-style) covering different decision complexity levels and team preferences - Includes lifecycle management patterns for proposed, accepted, deprecated, and superseded decisions with clear status tracking - Offers directory structure, indexing strategies, and automation tools (adr-tools) for maintaining ADR repositories at scale - Covers review processes, best practices, and migration patterns for deprecating or superseding previous architectural choices - Making significant architectural decisions - Documenting technology choices - Recording design trade-offs - Onboarding new team members - Reviewing historical decisions - Establishing decision-making processes - Context : Why we needed to make a decision - Decision : What...