How to achieve Business Goals

1. Prepare API strategy which cater to developers in comprehensive fashion
a. Open API
b. Separation of Content & Transaction API
c. Major part of API should be free
d. Thorough but easy and efficient developer registration process
e. Developers should be able to showcase their work
f. Developer should be able to discuss and share issues/challenges (forum)
g. Comprehensive documentation (developers manual) – pdf book as well as Wiki
h. Over the time period 3rd party developers should be major contributor to API management.
i. Some mechanism like Java Bug Parade
j. Involve developers in documentation translation
k. Distribute small projects – tool specific like – SOAP UI, Sahi, etc
2. API must be marketed at/via
a. Company microsite at facebook, linkedin, twitter
b. API documentation – manual & presentations must be available at webapplication/platform, document repositories – scribd, slideshare, desi forums, etc
c. Sample applications must be available at mobile application development sites – android, iPhone, iPad, HTML5, etc
d. Sample application must be available at Webservices sites – java, c#, scala, .net, php, etc
e. API details must be available at programmableweb.com and other similar sites
f. Conduct competition for innovative, most traffic generated web application
g. Pay application developer if that application develop uses paid API and generate certain amount of traffic over a time period.
3. No differentiation on the basis of end product (developed by 3rd party) licensing regime.
4. Developer portal
a. Discussion forum
b. Documentation
c. Bug Parade
d. Gamification ( Badge, enhanced role in management of API, etc)
e. Facility to showcase developers’ work
f. Enterprise and individual accounts