目录

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Chapter

1. The Challenge of API Management
   • What Is API Management?
     • What Is an API?
     • More Than Just the API
     • API Maturity Stages
     • More Than a Single API
     • The Business of APIs
   • Why Is API Management Difficult?
     • Scope
     • Scale
     • Standards
   • Managing the API Landscape
     • Technology
     • Teams
     • Governance
   • Summary
2. API Governance
   • Understanding API Governance
     • Decisions
     • Governing Decisions
     • Governing Complex Systems
   • Governing Decisions
     • Centralization and Decentralization
     • The Elements of a Decision
     • Decision Mapping
   • Designing Your Governance System
     • Governance Pattern #1: Interface Supervision
     • Governance Pattern #2: Machine-Driven Governance
     • Governance Pattern #3: Collaborative Governance
   • Summary
3. The API as a Product
   • Design Thinking
     • Matching People’s Needs
     • Viable Business Strategy
     • The Bezos Mandate
     • Applying Design Thinking to APIs
   • Customer Onboarding
     • Time to Wow!
     • Onboarding for Your APIs
   • Developer Experience
     • Knowing Your Audience
     • Making It Safe and Easy
   • Summary
4. The Ten Pillars of an API Product
   • Introducing the Pillars
     • Strategy
     • Design
     • Documentation
     • Development
     • Testing
     • Deployment
     • Security
     • Monitoring
     • Discovery and Promotion
     • Change Management
   • Summary
5. Continuous API Improvement
   • Changing an API
     • The API Release Lifecycle
     • Changing the Interface Model
     • Changing the Implementation
     • Changing the Instance
     • Changing the Supporting Assets
   • Managing Change Continuously
     • Incremental Improvement
     • API Change Velocity
   • Improving API Changeability
     • Effort Costs
     • Opportunity Costs
     • Coupling Costs
   • Summary
6. The API Product Lifecycle
   • Measurements and Milestones
     • OKRs and KPIs
     • Defining an API Objective
     • Identifying Measurable Results
   • The API Product Lifecycle
     • Stage 1: Create
     • Stage 2: Publish
     • Stage 3: Realize
     • Stage 4: Maintain
     • Stage 5: Retire
   • Applying the Product Lifecycle to the Pillars
     • Create
     • Publish
     • Realize
     • Maintain
     • Retire
   • Summary
7. API Teams
   • API Roles
     • Business Roles
     • Technical Roles
   • API Teams
     • Teams and API Maturity
     • Scaling Up Your Teams
     • Teams and Roles at Spotify
     • Scaling Your Teams on Paper
   • Culture and Teams
     • Recognizing Conway’s Law
     • Leveraging Dunbar’s Numbers
     • Enabling Alexander’s Cultural Mosaic
     • Supporting Experimentation
   • Summary
8. API Landscapes
   • API Archaeology
   • API Management at Scale
     • The Platform Principle
     • Principles, Protocols, and Patterns
     • API Landscapes as Language Landscapes
     • API the APIs
   • Understanding the Landscape
   • The Eight Vs of API Landscapes
     • Variety
     • Vocabulary
     • Volume
     • Velocity
     • Vulnerability
     • Visibility
     • Versioning
     • Volatility
   • Summary
9. API Landscape Journey
   • Structuring Guidance in the API Landscape
   • The Lifecycle of Guidance in the API Landscape
   • The Center for Enablement
     • C4E Team and Context
   • Maturity and the Eight Vs
     • Variety
     • Vocabulary
     • Volume
     • Velocity
     • Vulnerability
     • Visibility
     • Versioning
     • Volatility
   • Summary
10. Managing the API Lifecycle in an Evolving Landscape
    • API Products and Lifecycle Pillars
      • API Landscapes
      • Decision Points and Maturity
    • Landscape Aspects and API Lifecycle Pillars
      • Strategy
      • Design
      • Documentation
      • Development
      • Testing
      • Deployment
      • Security
      • Monitoring
      • Discovery
      • Change Management
    • Summary
11. Continuing the Journey
    • Prepare for the Future
    • Start Managing Today