ADR Template Pack
Architecture Decision Record templates — Markdown, YAML & example — for cloud platform teams
📦 What's Included
Markdown Template
Human-readable ADR format with Context, Decision, Consequences & Compliance sections — ready for your repo.
YAML Machine Template
Parseable YAML format for CI/CD tooling, ADR dashboards, and automated compliance tracking.
Real Example
Completed AKS adoption ADR showing the standard at production quality — use as reference.
ADR Workflow
Proposed → Accepted → Deprecated → Superseded lifecycle with clear guidance for each stage.
Cross-Reference Support
Link related ADRs, tag reviewers, track supersessions — keeps your decision log navigable.
File Convention
Standardised naming: adr-NNN-title.md — fits any repo, any platform team.
👀 Preview
# ADR-001: Adopt Azure Kubernetes Service for Container Orchestration ## Status Accepted ## Context Our platform team needs a container orchestration platform to host 20+ microservices. Current deployment uses Azure App Service with manual CI/CD, causing: - 30min average deployment time - No traffic splitting or canary deployments - No native Kubernetes ecosystem (Helm, Istio, Prometheus) ## Decision Adopt Azure Kubernetes Service as the container orchestration platform. - Cluster topology: Single regional cluster, 3+20 node pools - Authentication: AAD-integrated with RBAC - GitOps: Flux v2 for cluster state management
💡 Why ADRs?
Architecture Decision Records are the single source of truth for why your team made architectural choices. Without them, every handover, audit, or incident review starts with guesswork.
This pack gives you a proven format used across enterprise platform teams — includes compliance tracking, cross-referencing, and a full worked example so your team can adopt ADRs in one sprint.
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Lifetime updates — buy once, get every future revision.
£19PDF, Markdown, YAML & ZIP included
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