How to use spikes as a foundation for ADRs

Article: https://medium.com/@cat-mo/how-to-use-spikes-as-a-foundation-for-adrs-92bc1617617b

Notes

• Spike is the name for a timeboxed user story or Task that is created in order to research a question or resolve a problem. Spikes focus on gathering information and finding answers to a questions, rather than producing a shippable product.

• The primary use of spikes it to help with estimating a Task.

• Article explains how spikes can be used with ADR.

• Spikes address “options considered” section of an ADR.

• Usually spike is a quick-n-dirty way to explore the problem space.

• The code for a spike is a throw-away.

Conclusion

• When there’s a no clear way to choose between the options in an ADR.

• Team runs a time-boxed spike to answer which option provides the best outcome in a measured way.