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1. APIOps Cycles
- open method for APIs
APIdays Paris 2022
Marjukka Niinioja, Osaango
@mniinioja
@apiopscycles
LinkedIn: marjukkaniinioja
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2. Nice to meet you!
Osaango Ltd founder, consultant and trainer. Marjukka has been
named TIVI-magazine top 100 IT-influencers 2018-2021. She is
co-author of API Economy 101 and co-founder of The API
Collective and local organizer of APIdays Helsinki & North.
Marjukka Niinioja, Founding partner at Osaango
@osaangoltd
@mniinioja
www.osaango.com We are a specialized boutique
consultancy. We focus on consulting
on smart business ecosystems and
underlying APIs, data and operational
technology. Member of OpenAPI
Initiative.
Osaango Ltd
Our customers are medium and large
enterprises in fintech, media, legal,
education, public sector, technology,
building and construction.
Our clients
Osaango is part of The API Collective, global API specialist
consultants. More details from www.theapicollective.com
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3. 2023 SERIES OF EVENT
New York
May 16&17
Australia
October 11&12
Singapore
April 12&13
Helsinki & North
June 5&6
Paris
SEPTEMBER
London
November
15&16
June 28-30
SILICON VALLEY
March 14&15
Dubai & Middle East
February 22&23

4. In 2018 APIdays Paris, I
showed this map and
asked:
How can we make APIs
more widely adopted?

5. Source: Huhtamäki & al. Visualizing the Geography of Platform
Boundary Resources: The Case of the Global API Ecosystem
Amount of APIs
correlates with Global
Startup Index and
economic growth
areas.
APIs thrive in cultures
where user-centered
design is dominant.
Mashups combining
several APIs require
certain amount of
co-location and
mindset for marketers
and developers to
co-create.

6. APIOps Cycles users in
2022
APIOps Cycles method
is used by banks such
as NAB in Australia, and
many other companies
and public sector.
Predominantly those,
who have already
gone through 1-2
generations of API
development and have
felt the pain of no or
other methods.

7. Hand-written
documentation
200 attributes for payload “just
because we have them”
Sensitive information in URI and
Query parameters
Why should business know about APIs?
How do we know what APIs to build?
“Basic auth is just fine”
Not validating for
OpenAPI definitions
These were problems I presented at APIdays 2018, and these
are still problems today when not using any methods or
governance

8. The rogue API
developer (still)
doesn’t know there
is...
A Good Way
✓ and a Bad Way
⛔
of creating APIs

9. Too heavy
governance and
guidelines

10. Depressing design
reviews with more
stick than carrot

11. Processes built for individuals doing their
bit of API architecture, design,
development in their cubicles

12. The results for
business?
Value: Revenue and
benefits
Costs: refactoring,
missing features,
support questions,
customer and team
satisfaction…

13. But with great
methods
APIOps Cycles is an openly licensed
(CC-BY-SA 4.0) method of lean and
business-oriented API development.
It promotes collaboration, easy and fast
methods that enable business, product
and technical experts to collaborate and
communicate on new API and feature
discovery, reuse and improvements.
People become the
solution not the problem

14. When creating the method I
analyzed common practices
for the business, designers,
architects and developers
compared to API
development.
Then we piloted various sizes,
industries and maturities of
organizations.

15. Business models and
business model
canvases are well
known by the business
people and designers
Some highlights of the method:

16. Everyone hates NFRs
so why not make
them as easy and
business user
friendly

17. New improved lifecycle
stage specific checklists
help avoid the common
mistakes and ensure
quality
The most used part of the APIOps Cycles
method - API Audit checkclist
Faster to adopt than having to read tons
of documentation - partly automatable

18. Let’s make some more dots on the map with the open
APIOps Cycles method – for a more sustainable future
and more equal growth
Lean more at www.apiopscycles.com and www.osaango.academy
Learn and support the method development by signing up to the new “Use APIOps
Like a Pro!” course
Looking for a few pilot companies to try Futudemy 2.0 - free
during Q1/2022

19. Let’s stay in
touch
www.osaango.com
www.theapicollective.com
marjukka.niinioja@osaango.com +358408387308
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