...The template originated from capturing architectural decisions and developed to a template allowing to capture any decisions taken. MADR is a template allowing to craft short, medium-sized, and large decision records. There is no formal definition of short, medium-sized, and large decision records. The following sections present an example in the context of assertion frameworks for Java. We start with presenting a very short and dense version: It “just” lists the context and problem statement, the available options, and the outcome. For some decisions, these bits of information could not be enough. ...