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Architecture Decision Management System PRD Template

A real SOT-based Architecture Decision Management System PRD template connecting architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration, decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup, technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement, decision lead time, exceptions, technical debt, and impact-scope reporting.

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USE CASE

Who this template is for

Teams designing an internal operations system for development and architecture team reviewing technical design and change and software architecture and technical-governance coordinator

CONTENTS

What the template includes

  • Architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration
  • Decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup
  • Technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement
  • Decision lead time, exceptions, technical debt, and impact-scope reporting

PRACTICAL GUIDE

How to use and adapt this Architecture Decision Management System

This Architecture Decision Management System connects architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration, decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup, technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement, and decision lead time, exceptions, technical debt, and impact-scope reporting in one SOT-based planning document. Use the complete HTML to review and share the plan, then adapt the SOT JSON with the VibeSpec plugin in Claude or Codex.

What this Architecture Decision Management System actually includes

Architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration

For architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration, define the required context, classification rules, and duplicate or missing-data checks before work enters the operating queue.

Decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup

For decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup, keep status, owner, priority, and change history together so the team can find the complete operating context.

Technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement

In technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement, connect assignment, approval or rejection, exception handling, and completion confirmation as one accountable workflow.

Decision lead time, exceptions, technical debt, and impact-scope reporting

Use decision lead time, exceptions, technical debt, and impact-scope reporting to track due dates, bottlenecks, exceptions, and completion outcomes by team, period, and operating category.

Policy, access, and integration foundations

Set the role-based access, audit history, notifications, and external-system boundaries that Architecture Decision Management System needs to operate safely.

Start in three steps, even without planning experience

1. Review the complete HTML with your team

The download opens in a browser without setup. Compare the PRD, feature specification, screen structure, and user flow with the work your team does today.

2. Name your operating rules

Write down real user roles, required data, approval rules, exceptions, and success metrics. Start with the core flow from architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration through technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement.

3. Give the SOT JSON to VibeSpec

Attach the SOT JSON in Claude or Codex with the VibeSpec plugin and describe the change in plain language. VibeSpec keeps requirements, features, screens, and user flows connected.

Adapt this Architecture Decision Management System for your team

Rename terms and states first

Replace the template vocabulary, states, and classification with the terms your team uses. Keep architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration and decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup consistent.

Make roles, approvals, and exceptions explicit

Define who registers, reviews, approves, processes, and confirms completion, plus the conditions that trigger rejection or reprocessing in technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement.

Keep screens, metrics, and integrations connected

Decide what decision lead time, exceptions, technical debt, and impact-scope reporting should measure, then connect any SSO, messaging, or adjacent-system integration to the related screens and user flow.

Capabilities to add next

Automation and notifications

Create a separate Architecture Decision Management System initiative for due-date alerts, owner assignment, approval reminders, and exception follow-up.

External-system integrations

Before connecting Architecture Decision Management System to source data or adjacent systems, define synchronization cadence, failure handling, access boundaries, and audit records.

Operations analytics

Extend Architecture Decision Management System with team, period, and category analysis plus action rules for deteriorating completion or service levels.

Prompts you can use with VibeSpec

Adapt it to our terminology and roles

Adapt this Architecture Decision Management System for our team. Ask about our user roles, states, required fields, and approval steps first, then update the requirements, screens, and user flows together.

Simplify it into an MVP

Reduce this Architecture Decision Management System to an MVP that keeps architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration, decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup, and technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement. Move automation and external integrations into separate initiatives.

Add operations automation

Create a separate initiative on top of this Architecture Decision Management System for due-date alerts and automatic owner assignment. Keep the connection to the existing screens and user flow.

Architecture Decision Management System FAQ

Can I use this template without development experience?

Yes. The complete HTML opens in a browser for review and sharing. To adapt the plan, attach the SOT JSON to Claude or Codex with the VibeSpec plugin and describe the change in plain language.

What is included in this planning template?

It includes architecture decision, alternative, and impact-analysis registration, decision status, rationale, dependency, and change-history lookup, technical review, approval, exception handling, decision update, and retirement, and decision lead time, exceptions, technical debt, and impact-scope reporting, plus foundations for access, audit history, notifications, and integrations.

What is the difference between the HTML and SOT JSON downloads?

The HTML is a complete planning document for reading and sharing. The SOT JSON is source data that VibeSpec can update while keeping requirements, features, screens, and user flows connected.

How should I add a new capability?

For a discrete capability such as automation, integration, or additional analytics, create and review a separate initiative before changing the product plan broadly.

WORKFLOW

Use it with VibeSpec

  1. Open the complete HTML file to review or share it immediately.
  2. Download the SOT JSON and load it in the VibeSpec viewer.
  3. Adapt the features, screens, and flows for your team.