This chapter described in a great degree of detail how to define an API strategy driven by business needs, and with business goals and objectives in mind. To this end, the chapter started by providing guidance on how to map the different APIs of the value chain (described in Chapter 1, The Business Value of APIs) to typical business drivers and sample use cases that can be seen in the majority of organizations.
The chapter then continued by illustrating what would constitute a good set of goals and objectives suitable for underpinning an API initiative.
Subsequent to this, the main highlight of the chapter, the API strategy train map, was introduced as the means to illustrate the different activities and phases that should take place in order to deliver a strategy that results in the actual implementation of an API reference solution, including the delivery of APIs discovered...