A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Checklist

Answer first: A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Checklist — a practical field guide from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not decks.

Context & who this is for

Instrument the happy path and the exception path — silent failures are what turn launches into fire drills.

Architecture decisions that age well

Skip the buzzwords. For A Practical ADR Template for Product Engineering Teams — Checklist, the constraint that matters is usually data ownership, not feature count.

Implementation checklist

Instrument the happy path and the exception path — silent failures are what turn launches into fire drills.

Failure modes we see in the wild

Teams that document trade-offs before coding waste fewer sprints when requirements shift mid-build.

Measurement & rollout

Prefer boring technology where the risk is operational, and reserve novelty for the actual product wedge.

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