Continuous API Management: Making the Right Decisions in an Evolving Landscape
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- Create Date：2022-02-21 09:52:35
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Mehdi Medjaoui
- ISBN：1098103521
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Summary
A lot of work is required to release an API， but the effort doesn't always pay off。 Overplanning before an API matures is a wasted investment， while underplanning can lead to disaster。 This practical guide provides maturity models for individual APIs and multi-API landscapes to help you invest the right human and company resources for the right maturity level at the right time。
How do you balance the desire for agility and speed with the need for robust and scalable operations？ Four experts from the API Academy show software architects， program directors， and product owners how to maximize the value of their APIs by managing them as products through a continuous life cycle。
Learn which API decisions you need to govern and how and where to do so
Design， deploy， and manage APIs using an API-as-a-product （AaaP） approach
Examine ten pillars that form the foundation of API product work
Learn how the continuous improvement model governs changes throughout an API's lifetime
Explore the five stages of a complete API product life cycle
Delve into team roles needed to design， build， and maintain your APIs
Learn how to manage your API landscape-the set of APIs published by your organization
How do you balance the desire for agility and speed with the need for robust and scalable operations？ Four experts from the API Academy show software architects， program directors， and product owners how to maximize the value of their APIs by managing them as products through a continuous life cycle。
Learn which API decisions you need to govern and how and where to do so
Design， deploy， and manage APIs using an API-as-a-product （AaaP） approach
Examine ten pillars that form the foundation of API product work
Learn how the continuous improvement model governs changes throughout an API's lifetime
Explore the five stages of a complete API product life cycle
Delve into team roles needed to design， build， and maintain your APIs
Learn how to manage your API landscape-the set of APIs published by your organization
Reviews
kevin
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I thought this book provides a useful framework for implementing an api marketplace within the organization， particularly in large organization where we are the central team to decide how different teams come together to build apis to support the larger ecosystem。 There is less value for those interested more in individual api design。The conclusion is actually the best chapter and is worth a read if you can before deciding it is suitable。 A lot of materials are not unique （like product mindset， I thought this book provides a useful framework for implementing an api marketplace within the organization， particularly in large organization where we are the central team to decide how different teams come together to build apis to support the larger ecosystem。 There is less value for those interested more in individual api design。The conclusion is actually the best chapter and is worth a read if you can before deciding it is suitable。 A lot of materials are not unique （like product mindset， automation， etc。） and often recasted in an api context， but there is still some level of value for someone like myself， whom I consider having fairly broad knowledge。 。。。more
Dhwaneet Bhatt
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Being in the software industry for 10 years as majorly a programmer and manager of teams， this book does not introduce anything ground breaking but rather just tries to formalize few practices that are hyper relevant to API management。The language used throughout the book is consistent but they could have explained a few concepts through better examples。 The lack of examples and case studies makes the content very hard to read and makes it difficult to cruise through the book without getting bor Being in the software industry for 10 years as majorly a programmer and manager of teams， this book does not introduce anything ground breaking but rather just tries to formalize few practices that are hyper relevant to API management。The language used throughout the book is consistent but they could have explained a few concepts through better examples。 The lack of examples and case studies makes the content very hard to read and makes it difficult to cruise through the book without getting bored。The first few foundational chapters felt very familiar to everyday programming practices in the company but the last 3 chapters around API landscape were very thought through and shed light on managing API programs at scale。 I see myself coming back to these as and when required in my professional journey。This book is intended mainly for business people and non tech leaders associated with API tech companies and wanting to navigate through this complexity。 They would gain immense value through this book。 。。。more
Alexander Holbreich
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It's all not wrong。 But for whom？When you don't have long time IT experince， then much of the topics will be not undestood well。 For experienced people the book is very boring to read。 For me it felt like compilation of bality。 It's all not wrong。 But for whom？When you don't have long time IT experince， then much of the topics will be not undestood well。 For experienced people the book is very boring to read。 For me it felt like compilation of bality。 。。。more
Matt
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The framework used for analysing API management helped join together a number of research threads I've been investigating。 The content as a whole was useful， but a little high level and took much longer than it needed to when getting to the point。 I'd originally hoped for more detailed advice given the calibre of people involved in writing this。 You'll need to refer to other sources to get more detailed information about the individual topics （e。g。 the pillars， lifecycle stages） you are interest The framework used for analysing API management helped join together a number of research threads I've been investigating。 The content as a whole was useful， but a little high level and took much longer than it needed to when getting to the point。 I'd originally hoped for more detailed advice given the calibre of people involved in writing this。 You'll need to refer to other sources to get more detailed information about the individual topics （e。g。 the pillars， lifecycle stages） you are interested in exploring。It could also have benefited from some better editing to reduce duplication across sections and tighten up the linkages across chapters。 。。。more
Daniil Saiko
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A bit verbose at times an lacks examples or applications。Could be a tad repetetive but overall good abstract view of APIs。 Does not prescribe tooling or what to do， rather how to approach API landscape problems
Ahmed
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A very boring book could have been written in a blog article。
ChevalierBayard
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Beaucoup de répétitions peut-être expliquées par une écriture à plusieurs mains， ou la volonté de vraiment ne pas louper l'essentiel。 Finalement pas grand chose que je ne connaissais déjà。 Mais néanmoins je trouve du coup que c'est un très bon aide-mémoire à garder à portée et consulter de temps en temps ; juste pour vérifier qu'on ne loupe pas quelque chose。 Du coup， je conseille ！ Beaucoup de répétitions peut-être expliquées par une écriture à plusieurs mains， ou la volonté de vraiment ne pas louper l'essentiel。 Finalement pas grand chose que je ne connaissais déjà。 Mais néanmoins je trouve du coup que c'est un très bon aide-mémoire à garder à portée et consulter de temps en temps ; juste pour vérifier qu'on ne loupe pas quelque chose。 Du coup， je conseille ！ 。。。more
David Robillard
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The book is well structured， taking you from a single API to an ever-growing landscape of APIs。 I felt there was too much repetition。 Still， if you do manage APIs， then it's a good read。 The book is well structured， taking you from a single API to an ever-growing landscape of APIs。 I felt there was too much repetition。 Still， if you do manage APIs， then it's a good read。 。。。more
Matthew Reinbold
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A high level overview that collects together a number of introductory topics。 However， what it has in breadth it lacks in depth; how to translate tidy， enumerated bullet lists into actual actions in the face of cultural change remains elusive。
Jorge Gaona
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This book has good information pieces and techniques regarding API Management techniques at different levels， including how to manage scale。 However， it is extremely repetitive， specially starting the second half。 Wether that's good or bad is up to your learning style。 This book has good information pieces and techniques regarding API Management techniques at different levels， including how to manage scale。 However， it is extremely repetitive， specially starting the second half。 Wether that's good or bad is up to your learning style。 。。。more
Daniel Wellner
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