API Management: Concepts and Best Practices

Training information

Introduction

API Management platforms allow you to manage the lifecycle of corporate APIs. They offer secure communication and integration opportunities for developers and API consumers.

General information

Target Audience: CIOs, Project Managers, Technical Leads, Architects, and Developers. Prerequisites: None.

Target Competencies:

  • Integrate API Management into your strategy.

  • Identify the required features for API management.

  • Choose an API Management platform.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify API Management concepts.

  • Successfully implement the API ecosystem in your IS.

  • Choose your API Management platform.

Program

Part 1: Core Concepts & Lifecycle Operations (3.5 Hours)

  • 1.1 Introduction to API Management: Core concepts, full lifecycle management (from creation to deprecation), and securing the API gateway.

  • 1.2 Analytics & Monitoring: Setting up dashboards, traffic analysis, SLA configuration, and real-time incident tracking.

Part 2: Governance, Business Models & Market Solutions (3.5 Hours)

  • 2.1 Enterprise Governance: Consumer tracking mechanisms, standardizing API guidelines, ensuring corporate asset consistency, and robust change management procedures.

  • 2.2 Platform Selection & Market Feedback: Analyzing strategic economic models, comparing Open Source vs. proprietary players, market best practices, and analyzing common deployment failures.

Logistical information

 

  • Duration: 1 day (7 hours). 

  • Capacity: 12 participants maximum.

  • Teaching Methods: Alternation of theoretical and practical inputs, expert API Management trainer, course materials provided at the end of the training.

  • Assessment: Continuous and final assessment.