(2) Summary

APIs are a necessary ingredient of digital transformation strategies. APIs are developed and evolved in ecosystems of existing APIs and existing guidelines and supporting tools. This tutorial provides a structured analysis and assessment of the state of your current API landscape. It also allows you to decide how to allocate resources and make strategic investments for improving your API program.

(3) @dret on Twitter/GitHub

(4) About Me

• Ph.D. in Communications Systems [http://dret.net/netdret/publications#wil97b] from ETH Zürich [http://www.ethz.ch/]
• Working on Web Architecture after writing the first Web Technology book [http://dret.net/netdret/publications#wil98]
• UC Berkeley (2006-2011), working on Service Models for Open Government [http://dret.net/netdret/publications#wil09g]
• EMC (2011-2014), working on transforming software products into service platforms
• Siemens (2014-2015), working on using IoT to build WoT (APIs for Things)
• Part of CA [http://www.ca.com/]'s API Academy [http://www.apiacademy.co/] 2016-2019 focusing on API Design and Management
• Joined Good API [https://www.goodapi.co/] in 2019 focusing on API Strategy and Guidance for Digital Transformation
• Active in the usual places such as Twitter [http://twitter.com/dret], GitHub [http://github.com/dret], and LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/in/netdret]

(5) Good API [http://www.goodapi.co/]

• International team based in Prague and Zurich
  • Adam Kliment: @ntmlk [http://twitter.com/ntmlk]
  • Zdenek Z Nemec: @zdne [http://twitter.com/zdne]
  • Erik Wilde: @dret [http://twitter.com/dret]
• Working on Digital Transformation and API Strategy and Programs
  • Planning and coaching digital transformation initiatives
  • Formulating API strategies for building a solid foundation
  • Executing API programs to turn API strategies into API landscapes

(6) Continuous API Management (2018)

• Continuous API Management: Making the Right Decisions in an Evolving Landscape [https://www.apiacademy.co/resources/books/continuous-api-management]
  • O'Reilly book page [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920201755.do]
  • Amazon book page [https://www.amazon.com/Continuous-Api-Management-Decisions-Landscape/dp/1492043559]
• Authored by 2018 API Academy [http://www.apiacademy.co/] members
  • Mehdi Medjaoui: @medjawii [http://twitter.com/medjawii]
  • Erik Wilde: @dret [http://twitter.com/dret]
  • Ronnie Mitra: @mitraman [http://twitter.com/mitraman]
  • Mike Amundsen: @mamund [http://twitter.com/mamund]

(7) Schedule

• Part I: API Motivation and API Design/Production
  • Session 1: 9.00-9.45
    • Introduction and Schedule []
    • The Business Value of Digital Transformation [The Business Value of Digital Transformation]
  • Session 2: 9.45-10.30
    • API Product Design [2019-06-sacon-api-design.pdf]
• Part II: Scaling Up: Consumers, Landscape, Strategy, and Program
  • Session 3: 11.00-11.45
    • API Consumption [2019-06-sacon-api-consumption.pdf]
  • Session 4: 11.45-12.30
    • Scaling the API Practice: Landscape, Strategy, and Program [Scaling the API Practice: Landscape, Strategy, and Program]

(8) Thanks!

• Slides online: dret.net/lectures/oreilly-sa-ca-2019 [http://dret.net/lectures/oreilly-sa-ca-2019]
• More information about myself:
  • Twitter: @dret [http://twitter.com/dret]
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/netdret [http://www.linkedin.com/in/netdret]
  • Web page: dret.net/netdret/ [http://dret.net/netdret/]