apis and business ecosystems
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APIs, Driving Force of Business Ecosystems
Stijn Decneut
CTO
lean & agile coach
lean systems thinking agile principles
organisation and architecture
we are service designers
we help organisations improve their service delivery
and translate it to a digital offering
from a user-driven perspective
we are agile and lean
we help our customers understand the benefits of agile
and lean thinking in their organisation. we assist them
with implementing the techniques and adopting an
agile culture.
Things that keep me up at night.
Technology is the answer, but what was the question?
Just because you build it does not mean someone will use it.
VALIDITY'business value'
FEASIBILITY‘architecture’ and
‘organisation’
DESIRABILITY'user needs'
VALUE CREATION
VALIDITY'business value'
DESIRABILITY'user needs'
User Experience Design
Value Proposition Design
SERVICE DESIGN
THINKING
Lean Startup Thinking
Adapt to unsure market demand Anticipate changing user desiresRelease early & oftenVolatile technology
FEASIBILITY‘architecture’ and
‘organisation’
EfficiencyReliabilityCost ControlOperational excellence
Enterprise Architecture
ESB & SOA
Long life cyclesStable technologyRigid deploymentTied to organisationChanges have huge impact
FEASIBILITY‘architecture’ and
‘organisation’
VALIDITY'business value'
DESIRABILITY'user needs'
DRIFT
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Bi-modal IT, remember?
My interpretation of APIs.
@geeks
- RESTful, > L2 on Richardson Maturity Model.- JSON, or simple XML- HAL/JSON-LD/… maybe
APIs apply proven www practices to machine-to-machine interactions.
App - CMS
Website - Backend System
Wearable - Cloud Service … - …
APIs apply proven www practices to machine-to-machine interactions.
Few and simple standardsDistributed infrastructureNo central controlUser-drivenCommunity-drivenConvention-driven
APIs apply proven www practices to machine-to-machine interactions.
APIs bring proven www practices to enterprise environments.
Yeah we have SOAP web services, WS-extensions and even an ESB!
Nothing new, right?
Not exactly…
Few and simple standardsDistributed infrastructureNo central controlUser-drivenCommunity-drivenConvention-driven!
Popular API Design Principles
> design outside-in, prototype and co-create
> strict separation of concerns
> no surprises: convention-driven
> low learning curve: live documentation, dev. portal
> predictable & reliable: manage like a website
- policies: throttling, authentication, ...
- analytics, traffic monitoring, ...
Source: http://www.google.com/trends/
VALIDITY'business value'
DESIRABILITY'user needs'
Platform
CORE ASSETS & CAPABILITIES
FEASIBILITY‘architecture’ and
‘organisation’
BUSINESS CONTEXT
Everytime valuable technology becomes convenient,
exciting things happen.
Commercial air travel.
~1940
Public GPS signals.
~1985
API-powered Business Ecosystems.
~2010
In a Business Ecosystem, companies work cooperatively and
competitively to support new products, satisfy customer needs,
and eventually incorporate the next round of innovations.
- J. Moore, 1993, HBR
Business Ecosystems are not new.
Governors of the Wine Merchant’s Guild. Ferdinand Bol, 1663.
APIs make interconnecting systems as convenient as browsing a website.
Accelerators of Business Ecosystems
Digitisation Connectivity Co-creationCollaboration
It has never been more desirable and more convenient for businesses to
cooperate and to compete.
