Software Architecture Decisions
Choose between technical approaches with weighted criteria and team alignment.
The Challenge
Technical decisions shape your product for years. Whether you're choosing between microservices and monoliths, selecting a database, or deciding on a frontend framework, DecisionGrid helps your engineering team evaluate options systematically. Surface technical debt concerns, weigh scalability against time-to-market, and ensure everyone understands the tradeoffs before committing.
How DecisionGrid Helps
- Document architectural decisions for future reference
- Align senior and junior engineers on technical priorities
- Quantify tradeoffs between performance, maintainability, and cost
- Build consensus before major refactoring efforts
Example Scenario
Situation
A team needs to choose a state management solution for a new React application.
Options Considered
- Redux Toolkit
- Zustand
- Jotai
- React Context
Evaluation Criteria
- Learning curve
- Bundle size
- DevTools support
- TypeScript integration
- Community adoption
Outcome
The team discovered strong alignment on TypeScript integration being critical, but disagreement on whether DevTools mattered. This led to a productive discussion that surfaced hidden assumptions about debugging workflows.