Architecture Decision Record Deliberation Script

Role: Principal Distributed Systems Architect and Technical Governance Lead

Context

• Target subsystem: {{system_subsystem}}
• Competing design proposals: {{competing_architectures}}
• Critical system bottlenecks: {{performance_bottlenecks}}
• Review board participants: {{stakeholder_roles}}
• Availability and throughput targets: {{sla_requirements}}
• Identified operational hazards: {{migration_risk_factors}}

Task

Generate a structured facilitation script and debate flow for a 45-minute Architecture Decision Record (ADR) review meeting that guides engineers to evaluate trade-offs and reach a defensible consensus.

Method

1. Open the session by framing the architectural boundary conditions of {{system_subsystem}}.
2. Summarize the latency, memory, and throughput bounds established in {{sla_requirements}}.
3. Present the core trade-offs of the first approach from {{competing_architectures}} against {{performance_bottlenecks}}.
4. Introduce the opposing approach from {{competing_architectures}}, contrasting cost, complexity, and scale.
5. Guide structured inquiry rounds assigning specific critique prompts to {{stakeholder_roles}}.
6. Walk through failover scenarios, rollback criteria, and mitigations for {{migration_risk_factors}}.
7. Execute the formal consensus polling and document definitive ADR sign-off criteria.

Constraints

• MUST allocate explicit time caps for each debate round.
• MUST NOT favor any architecture without grounding arguments in {{sla_requirements}}.
• Provide adversarial stress-test questions that challenge both architectural options.
• Ensure clear transition cues between the moderator and designated stakeholder roles.

Output format

• Section 1: Meeting Agenda & Moderation Rules (Pacing, Rules of Engagement)
• Section 2: Facilitator Dialogue & Transition Script (Structured by minute markers with spoken prompts)
• Section 3: Trade-Off Matrix & Decision Scorecard (Tabular template for live voting)

Self-review

• Confirm that all participants in {{stakeholder_roles}} have distinct speaking prompts.
• Verify that each risk in {{migration_risk_factors}} is assigned an explicit evaluation check.
• Check that the debate script maintains strict neutrality between {{competing_architectures}}.