# Decision Record with Alternatives

> A technique for recording a decision together with the options rejected and the forces that decided it.

Record: `lexicon:decision-record-with-alternatives`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-decision-record-with-alternatives

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Risk Register](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/risk-register.md) and before [Force Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/force-analysis.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Refactors

- [Golden Hammer](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/golden-hammer.md)
- [Architecture Decision Records](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-decision-records.md)
- [Greenfield Development](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/greenfield-development.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)