Guides
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Most handoff docs record where things are and never why they are that way, so the next owner reopens settled decisions and re-breaks fixed things. What to write instead, and which section everyone leaves out.
Reference
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5 min read
A decision record is a short durable document capturing one decision — the context that forced it, the options rejected, and the consequences accepted. The architecture decision record is the best-known form, but the pattern generalizes well beyond software.