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Enterprise API Management

By : Luis Weir
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Enterprise API Management

By: Luis Weir

Overview of this book

APIs are the cornerstone of modern, agile enterprise systems. They enable access to enterprise services from a wide variety of devices, act as a platform for innovation, and open completely new revenue streams. Enterprise API Management shows how to define the right architecture, implement the right patterns, and define the right organization model for business-driven APIs. Drawing on his experience of developing API and microservice strategies for some of the world's largest companies, Luis Weir explains how APIs deliver value across an enterprise. The book explores the architectural decisions, implementation patterns, and management practices for successful enterprise APIs, as well as providing clear, actionable advice on choosing and executing the right API strategy in your enterprise. With a relentless focus on creating business value, Luis Weir reveals an effective method for planning, building, and running business products and services with APIs.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

API Products' Target Operating Model

The previous chapter delivered a comprehensive walk through of the end-to-end API life cycle. This chapter elaborates on the non-technical aspects of implementing APIs by focusing on the organizational implications of handling APIs as business products. To this end, the chapter describes what it means to think of APIs as products, as opposed to IT assets. The chapter explores the implications of doing so and the impact this has on the organization, teams, roles, responsibilities, and even communication structures.

The chapter outlines a target operating model (TOM) that is suitable for handling APIs and related teams as profit generating organizations, as opposed to just IT cost centers.