In this chapter, we described the situation our fictitious company MRA sees itself in, which isn't too different from that of many real businesses. We described where MRA wishes to get to, including the capabilities the APIs will need to help deliver. We also took a good look at OMESA as an architectural framework and some of the design concepts techniques that lend themselves to the approaches we will adopt. We also introduced you to certain terminology and ideas that we will explore later in the book. In addition to this, we looked at a roadmap for developing capabilities to take MRA forward. We then ended the chapter with certain high-level API requirements and some steps of progress that need to be taken.
In the next chapter, we will explore the API 1st approach in depth along with the means by which we can design and communicate the API definitions. The value...