Providing a simple yet informative look at what features are being planned for future releases of an API, or even sharing that nothing is currently being planned--just providing any insight on what the future will hold.
Road Map
Rules
APIs.json Apis Properties Road Map Info
This property ensures there is a reference to the road map for an API or for the entire API operations within domain, line of business, or teams
Strategies
API Change is Managed Relative to Operational Change
I keep running into teams that manage change for each API like it exists in its own little universe, completely disconnected from the bigger operational picture. That never works. You need a shared...
Change is Actively Managed for Each API
Change is the one constant across API operations. If you don't bake change management into how you define, deliver, and iterate on each API, producers and consumers end up completely out of sync on...
Experiences
Alignment
I see product and engineering teams talking past each other constantly when it comes to APIs. Without alignment on the why behind each API, you end up with technically sound resources that nobody a...
Change
Change is the one constant across the API landscape, and I watch teams struggle with it every single day. If you aren't actively managing and communicating change across versions, deprecations, and...
Communication
I struggle with how little communication happens between the teams producing APIs and the people consuming them. Blogs, changelogs, roadmaps -- these are building blocks that most teams just skip, ...
Consistency
When I look across the API landscape, consistency is one of the biggest challenges I see. Every team does things differently, and the surface area of inconsistency just grows until governance becom...
Quality
I see the quality of APIs eroding across the landscape. Teams ship fast and never look back, but consumers feel every rough edge, every missing example, every inconsistent response. Quality is what...
Reliability
Reliability is where the rubber meets the road in the API landscape. If your APIs aren't up when consumers need them, and if new versions don't land smoothly, none of the other building blocks matter.