Strategically planning your API ecosystem model
summary
Presents a practical method called soft ecosystem methodology that builds on Wardley mapping and soft systems thinking to map APIs as “things” with boundaries, inputs, outputs and small control mechanisms. Uses workshops with post-it notes and washi tape to cluster services, show dependencies, and annotate trust, payments and contractual commitments. Demonstrates why cloud hyperscalers and the hotel-booking example produce surprising API complexity and argues this mapping gives the situational awareness needed to plan strategic levers and future change.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00API ecosystem modeling intro
- 2:58From frogs to digital ecosystems
- 5:48Cloud services and org boundaries
- 8:18Hotel booking API connections
- 10:48Complexity like flying a fighter
- 13:17Ecosystem modeling with controls
- 15:22Strategic dependency models
- 16:46AI risks in API ecosystems
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