(2) Summary
One of the main goals of digital transformation is to improve the agility of a business.
As a result of this, once digital transformation is underway and API production and
consumption within an organization increase, it is important to keep an eye on the
ultimate goal: APIs not only as a way of interconnecting capabilities for new value
chains, but also as a way of how old or under-performing products can be improved,
without disrupting the entire fabric of interconnected components. The main goal of
API production and consumption should be to decrease coupling: API producers and consumers
are as loosely coupled as possible, so that changes on either side can be done without
affecting the other side. This requires design patters and implementation practices
to be followed by both sides, and this presentation goes into the details of how to
minimize coupling for both producers and consumers. With loose coupling practices
in place, digital transformation becomes more valuable, because the fabric of digital
products in an organizations remains as flexible and reconfigurable as possible.
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