Support Models for API Products
Product managers are frequently eager to spend time with consumers because they act as the “voice of the customer” for the product development team. Since product managers have a number of responsibilities, they cannot talk to customers as much as they might like. However, there are teams with sole responsibility for communicating with customers. These teams are known as customer support or customer success teams.
When customer support teams are involved in the product development process from the beginning, it allows for more significant insights into customer sentiment and experience, which is an invaluable feedback loop for effective product development.
This chapter explores the connection between the API producer life cycle and the API consumer life cycle and, most importantly, customer feedback loops. The topics we will look at include the following:
- The producer and consumer life cycle
- Designing customer feedback...