Ingredients for a Perfect Design Document

Introduction

If you are a software developer or an architect, then surely you know how important software design documents (SDD) are. You can find unlimited articles on the internet related to the type of design documents, which type should have which heading, etc., so I am not going to waste your time by explaining those things again.

Now the question is this: if we already have a lot of information available on the internet, then what do we want to cover in this article and why?

Defining Architecture Decision Record (ADR)

With time and the evolution of technologies, building software has become faster but more complex in the same proportion. Therefore, tools that organize and mainly document software architecture decision-making are more than welcome. This article will introduce you to what architecture decision records (ADR) are.

But let's take a step back and talk about agility and complexity in software development. It is mainly due to two factors: the changing role of software and its nature. Next, let's see them in detail.