# Roadmap and decision record

Author: Adrian Sutherland  
Edition: Version 1.0  
Prepared: September 2026  
Copyright: © 2005–2026 Adrian Sutherland

Replace prompts with your own decisions, sources and results. Link existing records where useful.

## Purpose and scope

State the enterprise, business area or service and intended outcome.

## Decisions and authority

Record the proposal, who can accept it, the reasons for it and its status.

## Roadmap and dependencies

Show how the service works now, how it could work between changes and what
it should become. Record the dependencies between changes.

## Exception and review

Name the owner, where the exception applies, its conditions and expiry date,
and who can reconsider it.

## Operation and results

Name the continuing owner and record observations after delivery.