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A concept for systematically managing API design, delivery, versioning, operation and decommissioning across the full lifecycle.
API lifecycle management describes the set of processes and practices for designing, delivering, versioning, monitoring and decommissioning APIs. It aligns governance, developer workflows and platform capabilities to ensure consistency, quality and security across the entire lifecycle. Emphasis is on automation and organizational coordination.
Measures latency for 95% of requests; important for performance SLAs.
Share of erroneous responses; indicator of stability and compatibility.
Time from design to production delivery; measures throughput.
A central platform provides gateway, developer portal, monitoring and lifecycle processes.
Semantic versioning and deprecation phases minimize breaking changes for consumers.
Integrating contract and integration tests into CI/CD to ensure compatibility.
Define API governance with roles and policies.
Standardize specification formats (e.g. OpenAPI) and templates.
Set up a platform with gateway, registry and developer portal.
Automate tests, deployments and monitoring in the CI/CD pipeline.