Summary

Now that we have had a thorough examination of the API development life cycle, API governance, and the various API maturity models established by key API-first companies, you should have a good idea of how you can define these for any APIs that you plan to produce for external consumption. An understanding of industry standards will help you take into account how your API customers approach this information and which key pieces of information are required to help them make the decision to use an API product.

In the following chapter, we will examine how to develop and manage API products that involve working with various stakeholders and handling products through the various release and maturity states that we learned about in this chapter.