This section describes the forces at play, including technological, political, social, and project local. These forces are probably in tension, and should be called out as such. The language in this section is value-neutral. It is simply describing facts.
- what you want to accomplish
- what is out of scope or undesirable with this decision
This section describes our response to these forces. It is stated in full sentences, with active voice. "We will ..."
This section describes any other options that were considered, but were not chosen with a brief description of why they were not chosen.
A decision may be "proposed" if the project stakeholders haven't agreed with it yet, or "accepted" once it is agreed. If a later ADR changes or reverses a decision, it may be marked as "deprecated" or "superseded" with a reference to its replacement.
This section describes the resulting context, after applying the decision. All consequences should be listed here, not just the "positive" ones. A particular decision may have positive, negative, and neutral consequences, but all of them affect the team and project in the future.
- a list of links to project posters affected by this decision