The document outlines an agile development process for APIs using sprints. It discusses dividing work into epics and stories to be completed each sprint. Requirements are defined at the start of each sprint, with development, testing, and bug fixing occurring within the sprint. Features are developed, released to a release candidate tag, then a production tag. It also provides resources on agile adoption, behavior driven development, end to end testing, mocking strategies, and continuous integration.

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14. Back End APIs Apps
Go Live

15. Back End
Back End Mock
Go Live
APIs
App
API Mock

17. Requirements Definition Development Test
Bug Fix
Go Live

18. Test
Bug Fix
Go Live
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Requirements Definition

19. Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Requirements Definition
Test and Bug Fix in
the Sprint
Go Live Go Live Go Live Go Live

20. Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Requirements Definition
Test Definition
Go Live Go Live Go Live Go Live

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Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
EPICs
Stories
Use Cases

24. Use Cases
Test Cases
Test Scripts

25. Sprint Backlog
Sprints
Done

26. Product Owner
Scrum Master QA
API Dev Team
Test Approach
Test Scripts
Ready
Done

27. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Mon -> Focus on Sprint closeout
Tue
Sprint Demo
Sprint Retrospective
Wed
Sprint Planning - What
Sprint Planning - How
Backlog Grooming
Technical Grooming
-> do we have all required tasks?
-> estimate velocity for the next Sprint
-> early indication to the PO
Thur
Backlog Prioritisation
-> Update next Sprint / Backlog
Fri
-> Demo Prep
-> Retro Prep

29. Feature
Develop
RC Tag
Master
Prod Tag

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31. Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Requirements Definition
Test Definition
Go Live Go Live Go Live Go LiveGo Live Go Live Go Live Go Live

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36. • Agile Adoption
• http://community.apigee.com/articles/2935/agile-assurance-advice-for-starting-the-agile-jour.
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• BDD
• https://community.apigee.com/articles/2685/apickli-rest-api-integration-testing-framework-
bas.html
• https://github.com/apickli/apickli
• https://github.com/apickli/apickli#gherkin-expressions
• End to End Testing - Bug Squashing for API Developers, Wed 11.40 - 12.20 230B
• Mocking Strategies
• Apigee and Node.js: Building Mock Backends Fast Wed 14.50 - 15.30 230B
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Integration: The Virtuous Cycle, Tue at 16.30 230B