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APIs Simplified.
Decoupling and the Contract
Contract?
Contract? Not so decoupled.
Reusability
Substitution
Agility
This. Or this.
APIs=Networkable Service Orientation
Scalable
Bimodal Development
MODE 2MODE 1:Predictable, improving, and
renovating systems of record
Exploratory, experimenting
to solve new problems.
Balls of Mud
Digital Transformation
MODE 1 MODE 2
From this. To this.
MODE 1:Predictable, improving, and
renovating in well-understood areas
Objective• Re-Use• Decoupling• Substitution• Scale
Results• Agility• Efficiency• Cost Control• Foundation for Mode 2
Digital transformation process: Start with a ball of mud
Identify existing services and spot the seams of what is left
Identify new service candidates
Deduplicate
Outsource
Expose selected services externally (join the API economy)
Mode 2
Results• Enable New Digital Products and customer outcomes• Enable New Business Models• Create New Business Channels (aka New Sources of
Revenue
MODE 2