2 posts tagged with "tools"

A decision log is a record of the significant choices your team makes: what was decided, why, who was involved, and what changed later. The idea is old and sound. The hard part has always been keeping the log current without it becoming a chore nobody does.

This is a look at how teams track decisions today, where each approach falls down, and what to look for if you're evaluating decision tracking software.

There's no dominant tool for architecture decision records, which is a useful signal in itself: the field is young and most teams are still figuring out what they actually need. This is an honest comparison of the real options, what each is good at, and the problem none of them solve.

If you're new to ADRs, start with the complete guide and come back here when you're picking tooling.