https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Architecture Documentation Articles feed https://www.infoq.com/articles/architectural-decision-record-purpose/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Architecture+Documentation-articles <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/architectural-decision-record-purpose/en/headerimage/has-your-architectural-decision-record-lost-its-purpose-header-1698058555994.jpg"/><p>Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) are important vehicles for communicating the architectural decisions a development team makes about a system. Lacking a clear definition of what is architectural, and also lacking anywhere else to record important decisions, they can start to drift from their original purpose and lose focus and effectiveness.</p> <i>By Pierre Pureur, Kurt Bittner</i> Design Architecture Decision Records Architecture Documentation Architecture & Design article Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/architectural-decision-record-purpose/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Architecture+Documentation-articles Pierre Pureur, Kurt Bittner 2023-10-25T09:00:00Z /articles/architectural-decision-record-purpose/en