An operating model is a visual representation of how an organization, or parts of the organization, operates in order to produce products that deliver customer value and profit. Put simply, it describes the present (current) state of how an organization (or part of it) runs.
A TOM, however, does not focus on the present, but rather on the future. The purpose of a TOM is to define how the organization will run in order to execute a strategy, such as a new or revised API strategy that now considers APIs as business products and thus takes into account the numerous implications, as described previously.
As a TOM naturally implies change, not just in the way of doing things, but also in how teams are organized, and given roles and responsibilities, a TOM should always be accompanied by a transition model describing how the organization can...