Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

  • 1. Foreword
  • 2. Preface
  • 3. About the Authors

Part I: Setting the Stage

  • 4. Introduction
    • 4.1 What is API Product Management?
    • 4.2 Why are API Products Hard?
    • 4.3 What will You Learn from this Book?
    • 4.4 Is this Book for You?
    • 4.5 How is this Book Organized?
  • 5. Why API
    • 5.1 Digital Economy
    • 5.2 API Ecosystem
    • 5.3 Platform Business Model
  • 6. Beginners Guide to API
    • 6.1 What is an API?
    • 6.2. What is a Digital Product?
    • 6.3 Paradigm Shift: From API to VPI
    • 6.4 What is an API Management Platform?
    • 6.5 Who are the Stakeholders?
    • 6.6 Summary
  • 7. Understanding Digitalization and Digital Transformation
    • 7.1 What is Digitization?
    • 7.2 What is Digitalization?
    • 7.3 What is Digital Transformation?
    • 7.4 Summary
  • 8. Two Breeds of API: API Products and API Solutions
    • 8.1 Two Breads of API and Paradigm of Change
    • 8.2 API Solution is the Bread of Operations
    • 8.3 What is an API Solution?
    • 8.4 What is the Business Value of API Solutions?
    • 8.5 API Product is the Bread of Tactics
    • 8.6 What is an API Product?
    • 8.7 What is the Business Value of an API Product?
    • 8.8 Summary
  • 9. Case Studies
    • 9.1 Identity
    • 9.2 Smart Catalogs

II API Product Design

  • 10. Human-Centered API Design
    • 10.1 What is Human-Centered API Design?
    • 10.2 Three Stages of API Program Maturity
    • 10.3 API Workshop I: API Foundation
    • 10.4 API Workshop II: Asset Discoverz and API Product Ideation
    • 10.5. API Workshop III: API Product Ideation and Validation
    • 10.6. Summary
  • 11. Value Proposition Interface Canvas
    • 11.1 What is the Difference Between Value Proposition and API
    • 11.2 Foundations of Value Proposition Interface Canvas
    • 11.3 Value Proposition Interface Canvas
    • 11.4 Example of How to Use the Value Proposition Interface Canvas to Design an API Product
    • 11.5 Conclusion

III API Product Strategy

  • 12. Product Vision Board
  • 13. Product Lifecycle Management
  • 14. Ambition Matrix
  • 15. Stakeholder Management
  • 16. Business models
  • 17. Goal-Oriented Roadmap

IV API Product Execution

  • 18. Lean API Product Development
    • 18.1 Foundations of Lean API Product Development
    • 18.2 Overview of the Lean API Product Development
    • 18.3 Prototype-First in the Lean API Product Development
    • 18.4 Analytics-First in the Lean API Product Development

V Closing

  • 19. Hierarchy of API Design Principle
    • 19.1 Deliver Value to the Customer
    • 19.2 Provide Good User Experience to the Customer
    • 19.3 API Interface Design & Architecture (aka Philosophy)
  • 20. API Product Pitch for Everybody
    • 20.1 Daily API Product Pitch
    • 20.2 How to Pitch an API Product?
    • 20.3 Effective Structures for an API Product Pitch
  • 21. Conclusion

“When you start to manage APIs as an interface to a value proposition, then your start managing an API product.”

— Amancio Bouza

API Product Management Methodologies

Product Vision Board

Define the API product and its vision.

Lean API Product Development Methodology

Use the Lean Startup approach to design successful API products

Ambition Matrix

Define the product ambition.

Goal-Oriented Roadmap

Plan features of API product

Stakeholder Matrix

Manage relevant stakeholders effectively.

Value Proposition Interface Canvas

Find the value proposition for the API product.

Product Lifecycle Management

Manage the lifecycle of an API product.

Hierarchy of API Design Principle

Make the right decisions to create great API products.

Analytics-First

Verify how well the value proposition is delivered.

Prototype-First

Validate the customers problem and API design.

Human-Centered API Design

User experience for API developers.

Self-Sustainability

Survive and strive in an enterprise environment.