Definition
An architecture decision map lays out the key technical choices in a deal, the options for each, and their cost, timeline, and lock-in trade-offs.
It surfaces the decisions a vendor would rather make for you - data residency, integration pattern, environment strategy - and ranks them by lock-in risk, with an engineer's dissent on the vendor's recommended approach.
Go deeperHow to evaluate a software vendor before you signRelated terms
From definition to deal
Benchside turns architecture decision map into the exact questions, exclusions, and lock-in math for your specific vendor - your first project is free.