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     Architectural Decision Records
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    <h1 id="architectural-decision-records-adrs">
     Architectural Decision Records (ADRs)
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    <p>
     An
     <a>
      Architectural Decision (AD)
     </a>
     is a justified design choice that addresses a functional or non-functional requirement that is architecturally significant.
An
     <a>
      Architecturally Significant Requirement (ASR)
     </a>
     is a requirement that has a measurable effect on the architecture and quality of a software and/or hardware system.
An
     <em>
      Architectural Decision Record (ADR)
     </em>
     captures a single AD and its rationale;
the collection of ADRs created and maintained in a project constitute its
     <em>
      decision log
     </em>
     .
All these are within the topic of Architectural Knowledge Management (AKM), but ADR usage can be extended to design and other decisions (&ldquo;any decision record&rdquo;).
    </p>
    <p>
     The aim of the
     <a>
      GitHub adr organization
     </a>
     is to:
    </p>
    <ol>
     <li>
      Motivate the need for and benefits of AD capturing and establish a common vocabulary.
     </li>
     <li>
      Strengthen the tooling around ADRs, in support of agile practices as well as iterative and incremental engineering processes.
     </li>
     <li>
      Provide pointers to public knowledge in the context of AKM and ADRs.
     </li>
    </ol>
    <!-- > Note: The term "architecture decision record" can be used interchangeably. -->
    <p>
     The repository for the Website of the ADR organization is
     <a>
      https://github.com/adr/adr.github.io
     </a>
     .
    </p>
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     ADRs in the Media
    </h2>
    <ul>
     <li>
      <a>
       Love Unrequited: The Story of Architecture, Agile, and How Architecture Decision Records Brought Them Together
      </a>
      , Michael Keeling in the Pragmatic Designer column of IEEE Software Vol. 39 Issue 4 (2022) (
      <a>
       PDF
      </a>
      )
     </li>
     <li>
      Chapter 3 of
      <a>
       &ldquo;Patterns for API Design: Simplifying Integration with Loosely Coupled Message Exchanges&rdquo;
      </a>
      in the Addison Wesley Signature Series at Pearson features six narratives guiding through the conceptual level of API design: 29 recurring decisions with  options and criteria. Learn more in this
      <a>
       blog post
      </a>
      .
     </li>
     <li>
      Architectural decision capturing is positioned as one of the essential activities in
      <a>
       Design Practice Reference
      </a>
      , a LeanPub e-Book.
     </li>
     <li>
      (German)
      <a>
       Gut dokumentiert: Architecture Decision Records
      </a>
      by
      <a>
       @obfischer
      </a>
      published at
      <a>
       heise online
      </a>
      .
     </li>
    </ul>
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     Lightweight ADRs Should be Adopted
    </h2>
    <p>
     A &ldquo;lightweight&rdquo; ADR consists of
     <a>
      title, status, context, decision, and consequences
     </a>
     (according to
     <a>
      [Username Redacted]
     </a>
     ).
     <a>
      ThoughtWorks
     </a>
     listed architectural decision records as &ldquo;adopt&rdquo; at their
     <a>
      technology radar vol. 18
     </a>
     :
     <a>
      https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-us/radar/techniques/lightweight-architecture-decision-records
     </a>
    </p>
    <p>
     We think that the considered options with their pros and cons are crucial to understand the reason of a chosen option.
     <a>
      MADR
     </a>
     &mdash; The Markdown Any/Architecture Decision Records (MADR:
     <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
      [ˈm&aelig;ɾɚ]
     </code>
     ) in this ADR organization includes such tradeoff analysis information.
    </p>
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     Relation of ADRs, MADR, and Others
    </h2>
    <p>
     <img alt="ADR" src="rick.jpg">
    </p>
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     </a>
     Sustainable Architectural Decisions
    </h2>
    <p>
     We base our work on the guidelines and principles in
     <a>
      Sustainable Architectural Decisions
     </a>
     by Zdun et al., for instance the Y-statement format suggested in that article.
However, we are open to other formats of ADRs as shown at
     <a>
      @joelparkerhenderson&rsquo;s repository
     </a>
     .
    </p>
    <p>
     In short, the Y-statement is as follows:
    </p>
    <blockquote>
     <p>
      In the context of
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;use case/user story u&gt;
      </code>
      , facing
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;concern c&gt;
      </code>
      we decided for
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;option o&gt;
      </code>
      to achieve
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;quality q&gt;
      </code>
      , accepting
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;downside d&gt;
      </code>
      .
     </p>
    </blockquote>
    <p>
     The long form of it is as follows (extra section &ldquo;because&rdquo;):
    </p>
    <blockquote>
     <p>
      In the context of
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;use case/user story u&gt;
      </code>
      ,
facing
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;concern c&gt;
      </code>
      we decided for
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;option o&gt;
      </code>
      and neglected
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;other options&gt;
      </code>
      ,
to achieve
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;system qualities/desired consequences&gt;
      </code>
      ,
accepting
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;downside d/undesired consequences&gt;
      </code>
      ,
because
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       &lt;additional rationale&gt;
      </code>
      .
     </p>
    </blockquote>
    <p>
     You can find more explanations and examples on Medium
     <a>
      Y-Statements - A Light Template for Architectural Decision Capturing
     </a>
     .
    </p>
    <p>
     <a>
      A Definition of Done for Architectural Decision Making
     </a>
     proposes five criteria and a checklist to decide when it is time to set the status of a single decision to &ldquo;done&rdquo;: evidence, criteria and alternatives, agreement, documentation, and realization/review plan. Here, we focus on the &lsquo;D&rsquo; in
     <em>
      ecADR
     </em>
     .
    </p>
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     </a>
     Existing ADR Templates
    </h2>
    <ul>
     <li>
      Overview:
      <a>
       Architectural Decision Records
      </a>
      : collection of markdown templates converted to Markdown
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       MADR
      </a>
      : The Markdown Architecture Decision Records (MADR:
      <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
       [ˈm&aelig;ɾɚ]
      </code>
      ).
      <a>
       matter
       <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">
        [ˈm&aelig;ɾɚ]
       </code>
      </a>
      .
     </li>
     <li>
      Comparison of seven templates:
      <a>
       Architectural Decision Guidance Across Projects - Problem Space Modeling, Decision Backlog Management and Cloud Computing Knowledge
      </a>
      . WICSA 2015: 85-94.
     </li>
     <li>
      Context, background and examples of good and bad justifications can be found in
      <a>
       this blog post
      </a>
      .
     </li>
    </ul>
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     </a>
     Good ADRs (and how to get to them)
    </h2>
    <ul>
     <li>
      <a>
       How to create ADRs &mdash; and how not to
      </a>
      collects good practices and anti-patterns
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       Architectural Significance Test and Some Core Decisions
      </a>
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       The Markdown ADR (MADR) Template Explained and Distilled
      </a>
     </li>
     <li>
      Proposal for
      <a>
       A Definition of Done for Architectural Decision Making
      </a>
     </li>
    </ul>
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     </a>
     Decision Capturing Tools
    </h2>
    <p>
     <em>
      Disclaimer:
     </em>
     The following list is rather inclusive.
Please find out about the status and the maturity of the list entries for yourself by following the links.
We are happy to include more candidate assets here.
    </p>
    <ul>
     <li>
      <a>
       adr-manager
      </a>
      : Craft MADR 2.x templates directly in the Web Browser.
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       adr-tools
      </a>
      - bash scripts to manage ADRs in the
      <a>
       Nygard format
      </a>
      .
      <a>
       example
      </a>
      .
      <ul>
       <li>
        Ansible script to install adr-tools:
        <a>
         ansible-adr-tools
        </a>
       </li>
       <li>
        C# rewrite:
        <a>
         adr-cli
        </a>
       </li>
       <li>
        Go rewrite:
        <a>
         adr
        </a>
       </li>
       <li>
        Java rewrite:
        <a>
         adr-j
        </a>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       adr-plugin
      </a>
      - plugin to explore and search ADRs within a backstage based developer portal. Search at scale across mutliple orgs/repos.
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       adr-viewer
      </a>
      - python application to generate a website from a set of ADRs.
     </li>
    </ul>
    <p>
     For a more detailed list for tooling for MADR, please head to
     <a>
      https://adr.github.io/madr/tooling.html
     </a>
     .
    </p>
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     </a>
     Tooling related to architecture management
    </h3>
    <ul>
     <li>
      <a>
       ArchUnit
      </a>
      : unit tests for architecture
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       docToolchain
      </a>
      : docToolchain is an implementation of the
      <a>
       docs-as-code
      </a>
      approach for software architecture plus some additional automation.
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       Structurizr
      </a>
      : Structurizr is a collection of tooling to help you visualise, document and explore your software architecture using the
      <a>
       C4 model
      </a>
      .
     </li>
    </ul>
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     </a>
     Interesting, but unmaintained tooling
    </h3>
    <ul>
     <li>
      <a>
       adr-log
      </a>
      : Generates an architectural decision log out of MADRs.
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       ADMentor
      </a>
      Architectural Decision Modeling Add-In for
      <a>
       Sparx Enterprise Architect
      </a>
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       eadlsync
      </a>
      : Synchronizes embedded architectural decision records with a repository of architectural decisions.
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       SE Repo
      </a>
      : Software Engineering Repository. A repository for versioning software engineering artifacts, which can be architectural decisions, patterns, and others.
     </li>
    </ul>
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     </a>
     More Information
    </h2>
    <ul>
     <li>
      <a>
       &ldquo;An Adoption Model for Architectural Decision Making and Capturing&rdquo;
      </a>
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       Architectural Decisions &mdash; The Making Of
      </a>
      - provides some history on architecture decision records.
     </li>
     <li>
      <a>
       Architectural Decision Records (ADR): Open &amp; Transparent Decision History
      </a>
      in the Open Practice Library
     </li>
     <li>
      An AWS Prescriptive Guidance recommends
      <a>
       using architectural decision records to streamline technical decision-making for a software development project
      </a>
      .
     </li>
    </ul>
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