All Things API

Many companies need a boost of very specific services to get their program in the market to meet deadlines and competitive pressure. Using packaged business capabilities can help the team get much needed help to accelerate their program. Common API services include API design, governance planning, reusability, integrations and migrations. Whether the API team is launching their first program or they are migrating into their full second life cycle. Using complimentary services can save time to reaching expected ROI. See www.achieveinternet.com or comment here to get more examples.

When lifting up an API portal, its imperative to plan the customer journey and test the click path and API documentation/tools to insure that developers can find, obtain access and innovate quickly. Assess whether the developer can find the right product, use the "try it out" function and create apps easily and safely. Have easy to use dashboards for analytics, team collaboration and product versioning.

Decreasing the time it takes a developer to get up and running is important in adoption of your API roadmap. Organizing your API solutions as products helps both internal and external groups succeed in many use cases. Like all product portals, good product marketing and site usability will make the customer journey efficient and complete. If you have questions, please comment and we are happy to discuss further.