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API Analytics for Product Managers

By : Deepa Goyal
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API Analytics for Product Managers

By: Deepa Goyal

Overview of this book

APIs are crucial in the modern market as they allow faster innovation. But have you ever considered your APIs as products for revenue generation? API Analytics for Product Managers takes you through the benefits of efficient researching, strategizing, marketing, and continuously measuring the effectiveness of your APIs to help grow both B2B and B2C SaaS companies. Once you've been introduced to the concept of an API as a product, this fast-paced guide will show you how to establish metrics for activation, retention, engagement, and usage of your API products, as well as metrics to measure the reach and effectiveness of documentation—an often-overlooked aspect of development. Of course, it's not all about the product—as any good product manager knows; you need to understand your customers’ needs, expectations, and satisfaction too. Once you've gathered your data, you’ll need to be able to derive actionable insights from it. This is where the book covers the advanced concepts of leading and lagging metrics, removing bias from the metric-setting process, and bringing metrics together to establish long- and short-term goals. By the end of this book, you'll be perfectly placed to apply product management methodologies to the building and scaling of revenue-generating APIs.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
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The API Analytics Cheat Sheet

The API development team

API development teams can be structured in a variety of ways depending on the size and needs of the organization. However, some common team structures for API development teams include the following:

  • Cross-functional teams: This structure brings together developers, designers, product managers, and QA engineers in a single team. This approach allows for collaboration and faster development times, as all the necessary expertise is in one place.
  • DevOps teams: This structure combines development and operations teams to enable the faster delivery of new features and improvements. This approach is particularly suitable for organizations that use the Agile development methodology and need to quickly iterate and deliver new features.
  • Centralized teams: With this structure, the API development team is centralized within the organization and is responsible for developing and maintaining all of the company’s APIs. This structure is suitable for...