[short title of solved problem and solution]

• Status: [draft | in review | changes needed | unsuitable | withdrawn | accepted | superseded by ADR-XXXX]

• Deciders: [list everyone involved in the decision | Pocket Network Protocol Team | Pocket Network Community | Pocket Network Foundation]

• Date: [YYYY-MM-DD when the decision was last updated]

Table of Contents

• Problem Statement

• [Background | Origin Document | Technical Story]

• Decision Drivers

• Considered Options

• Decision Outcome

  • Positive Consequences

  • Negative Consequences

• Pros and Cons of the Options

  • [option 1]

  • [option 2]

  • [option 3]

• References

Summary

In the context of [use case | user story u], facing [concern c], we decided for [option o] and neglected [other options], to achieve [system qualities | desired consequences], accepting [downside d | undesired consequences], because [additional rationale].

[ optional additional high-level information ]

Problem Statement

[ description of problem ]

[Background | Origin Document | Technical Story]

[description | ticket/issue URL]

Decision Drivers

• [driver 1, e.g., a force, …]

• [driver 2, e.g., a facing concern, …]

• …

Considered Options

1. [option 1]

2. [option 2]

3. [option 3]

4. …

Decision Outcome

Chosen option: "[option 1]", because [justification. e.g., only option, which meets k.o. criterion decision driver | which resolves force force | … | comes out best (see below)].

Positive Consequences

• [e.g., improvement of quality attribute satisfaction, follow-up decisions required, …]

• …

Negative Consequences

• [e.g., compromising quality attribute, follow-up decisions required, …]

• …

Pros and Cons of the Options

[option 1]

[example | description | pointer to more information | …]

Pros:

• [argument a]

• [argument b]

• …

Cons:

• [argument c]

• …

[option 2]

[example | description | pointer to more information | …]

Pros:

• [argument a]

• [argument b]

• …

Cons:

• [argument c]

• …

[option 3]

[example | description | pointer to more information | …]

Pros:

• [argument a]

• [argument b]

• …

Cons:

• [argument c]

• …

References

• Link tytle

• …