Life of an architecture decision record

Life of an architecture decision record A lifecycle diagram generated by Archify. Proposed · draft written · Lifecycle state · draft Proposed draft written draft In review · team comments · Lifecycle state · gate In review team comments gate Accepted · decision in force · Lifecycle state · active Accepted decision in force active Rejected · kept for the record · Lifecycle state · terminal Rejected kept for the record terminal Deprecated · no longer applies · Lifecycle state · terminal Deprecated no longer applies terminal Superseded · points to the new ADR · Lifecycle state · terminal Superseded points to the new ADR terminal open for comments agreed needs changes declined new ADR replaces it context gone Legend initial state decision success failure / exit neutral final state