Decision Records
12 articles on decision records.
Notes Nobody Reads vs Answers Somebody Asked For
There is a difference between recording what happened and answering what a teammate needs. Why notes go unread, and what an answer looks like.
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Architecture Decision Record Tools
What an architecture decision record (ADR) is, a template to copy, the main ADR tools from Markdown to hosted catalogs, and the decisions too small for an ADR.
Searchable Team Knowledge Base vs. Wiki: What's the Difference?
A wiki stores pages; a searchable team knowledge base answers questions with a named source. Here is the real difference and when each one works.
RFC Process for Engineering Teams: Template and Steps
What RFC means, how an RFC process works in an engineering team, a template to copy, and how to close each RFC with a clear decision and no extra meeting.
What Is a DRI? The Directly Responsible Individual vs RACI
A DRI (directly responsible individual) is the one person who owns a decision. How it works, how it compares with RACI, and who decides when the DRI is away.
A Decision Log Template for Engineering Teams (And Why It Goes Stale)
A decision log template for engineering teams with every field explained, a filled-in example, the three fields most templates miss, and how to keep it current.
What Is a Decision Log in Project Management?
A decision log in project management records key project choices and why. What to capture, and why a queryable record beats a spreadsheet.
How to Stop Losing Decisions in Slack
Decisions made in Slack threads scroll away. Stop losing them by declaring each one into a record you can query later.
Why Teams Keep Re-Arguing Decisions They Already Made
Teams re-argue settled decisions when the reasons were never written down, the owner is unclear, or the result never reached everyone. How to make them hold.
What Is a System of Record for Decisions?
A system of record for decisions is the one place your team keeps what it decided, who decided, and why. What it holds, where it lives, and a template.
Team Decision Record: The ADR Concept for Business
A team decision record applies the ADR format to business calls such as pricing and hiring. A template, a worked example, and how it differs from a log.
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