apidays Australia 2023 - Platforms, Products, and People: The Power of APIs October 11 & 12, 2023 https://www.apidays.global/australia/ A programmatic approach to API success including OpenAPI Paul Bradley, COO & Co-Founder at Excelsa ------ Check out our conferences at https://www.apidays.global/ Do you want to sponsor or talk at one of our conferences? https://apidays.typeform.com/to/ILJeAaV8 Learn more on APIscene, the global media made by the community for the community: https://www.apiscene.io Explore the API ecosystem with the API Landscape: https://apilandscape.apiscene.io/

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The role of OpenAPI
in driving API success
A programmatic approach

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Agenda
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1. API Programs - the 4 elements of STATE
2. API Programs and OpenAPI - the missing piece
3. A customer success story

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API Programs
A practical approach

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API Strategy Impact
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2023 Connectivity Benchmark Report – MuleSoft & Deloitte Digital

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API Strategy vs API Program
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API Strategy A holistic approach to maximise the benefits
enabled by APIs in support of an organisation’s
digital strategy
Reality is a little different
API Program
A cross-organisational, reactive and enduring
change initiative to implement an organisation’s API
strategy

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The API Program Blueprint
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Whilst every
organisation’s API
journey is different, they
should all consider and
address these four key
areas.
A program should also
be viewed as a set of
recurring activities, not
just a one time event

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API Programs and
OpenAPI
A practical approach

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Any standard, including OpenAPI, needs
to be socialised and adopted across the
organisation to be meaningful
‘IT deal with
all that
coding
stuff’
‘API
consumers
are
developers’

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Explicitly define usage not
just use
Identify efficiencies for
business case
Evangelise to CISO, Ops,
BAU
Ensure consistency with SIs,
contractors, other IT units
Engage non-coders
Assist those with lack of API
experience

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Customer Example
A practical approach

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Customer Issues
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● Their APIs had been built using a variety of methods with little standardisation,
poor if non-existent documentation and an inconsistent security model applied
● There was little evangelism of these APIs across their business or externally,
and little offered in the way of support in customer focused messaging
● Their consumer base are organisations with little integration capability and
required hands-on support to adopt APIs which this organisation could not
provide.

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Where did we focus our OpenAPI advice
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What we didn’t do is say just add OpenAPI into your strategy
Detail the benefits of
consistency and
efficiency to non-IT
stakeholders
Understand your
business consumers and
create documentation
appropriate to their needs
Don’t assume all
developers understand
APIs

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Thank you
paul.bradley@excelsa.io
https://excelsa.io/