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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)

Transition approach

Changing an organization and its communication structures is no easy task. In fact, it is quite the opposite. History tells us that initiatives that fail to recognize (or at least fail to recognize early) how difficult it can be to drive organizational change will seriously struggle to succeed. This is either because there isn't enough buy-in from key stakeholders, or simply because whichever capabilities the initiative delivers fail to gain the expected adoption.

Therefore, coming up with a transitional and incremental approach toward driving any sort of organizational change becomes a necessity. A transitional approach doesn't have to be complicated and could consist of only a few steps, each indicating what sort of change is required, and what benefits should be expected for each step accomplished. For example, as the organization (or part of the...