ADR Template

• Status: {Active | deprecation reason, e.g. "Superseded By xxx"}

• Last Modified: {YYYY-MM-DD when the decision was last updated}

• Related Issue: [#{issue number}](https://github.com/HHS/simpler-grants-gov/issues/{issue number})

• Deciders: {list everyone involved in the decision}

• Tags: {space and/or comma separated list of tags}

Context and Problem Statement

{Describe the context and problem statement, e.g., in free form using two to three sentences. You may want to articulate the problem in form of a question.}

Decision Drivers

• {driver 1, e.g., a constraint, priority, condition, etc.}

• {driver 2, e.g., a constraint, priority, condition, etc.}

• ...

Options Considered

• {option 1}

• {option 2}

• ...

Decision Outcome

Chosen option: "{option 1}", because {justification. e.g., only option which meets a key decision driver | which satisfies x condition | ... }.

Positive Consequences

• {e.g., improved performance on quality metric, new capability enabled, ...}

• ...

Negative Consequences

• {e.g., decreased performance on quality metric, risk, follow-up decisions required, ...}

• ...

Pros and Cons of the Options

{option 1}

{example | description | pointer to more information | ...}

• Pros

  • Good, because {argument a}

  • Good, because {argument b}

  • ...

• Cons

  • Bad, because {argument c}

  • ...

{option 2}

{example | description | pointer to more information | ...}

• Pros

  • Good, because {argument a}

  • Good, because {argument b}

  • ...

• Cons

  • Bad, because {argument c}

  • ...

Links

• [{Link name}](link to external resource)

• ...