Mastering API Strategy with Google Apigee
Your organisation is under relentless pressure to innovate faster, integrate legacy systems, and deliver seamless digital experiences across channels. But without a coherent API strategy, you're trapped in reactive mode-juggling point-to-point integrations, delayed releases, and rising technical debt. Every day without a mature API program means missed revenue, inefficient development cycles, and growing security risks. Decision-makers see APIs as cost centres, not growth engines. And if you can't articulate the strategic value of your integration architecture, your influence-and career-stall. Mastering API Strategy with Google Apigee is your proven path from isolated API projects to an enterprise-grade, monetisable API ecosystem. This course equips you to design, govern, and scale APIs that drive real business outcomes-from accelerating product launches to unlocking new revenue streams. One learner, a senior integration architect at a global bank, used the framework from this course to consolidate 87 fragmented services into a unified API layer. Within 60 days, they reduced integration delivery time by 65% and presented a board-ready API monetisation proposal that secured $2.3M in funding. No more guesswork. No more siloed thinking. You’ll gain the structured methodology, implementation blueprints, and executive communication tools to transform APIs from operational overhead into strategic advantage. This isn’t theory. It’s a precise, action-focused system used by leading enterprises to achieve API maturity in record time. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Learn on your terms-no deadlines, no pressure, no compromise on quality. This course is designed for professionals who need depth without disruption. Access everything immediately upon enrollment and progress at your own pace with full lifetime access. Key Delivery Features
- Self-paced online learning-Start anytime, study anywhere, and control your schedule with zero time commitments.
- Immediate online access-Gain instant entry to the learning platform after your confirmation is processed.
- Typical completion in 4–6 weeks with just 5–7 hours per week-with many practitioners applying key strategies within the first 10 days.
- Lifetime access-Revisit materials anytime, forever. All future updates are included at no extra cost.
- 24/7 global access from any device-fully mobile-optimised for learning during commutes, downtime, or deep work sessions.
Instructor Support & Learning Assurance
You’re not alone. Throughout the course, you’ll receive structured guidance through expert-curated materials, embedded checklists, and targeted feedback mechanisms. Direct instructor oversight ensures clarity at every stage of your progress. Certificate of Completion
Upon finishing, you’ll earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service-a globally recognised credential trusted by enterprises, hiring managers, and technology leaders. This certification validates your mastery of enterprise API strategy and strengthens your professional credibility in digital transformation, integration, and cloud architecture. Transparent, Upfront Pricing
- Pricing is straightforward with no hidden fees or surprise charges.
- We accept Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal-secure and encrypted at all stages.
Risk-Free Enrollment Guarantee
We offer a 100% satisfied or refunded guarantee. If you complete the first two modules and don’t believe this course delivers exceptional value, simply request a full refund. No questions, no hassle. Your investment is fully protected. Access Confirmation Process
After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details will be sent in a separate communication once your course materials are fully prepared-ensuring a seamless and secure onboarding experience. “Will This Work for Me?” – Objection-Crushing Assurance
No matter your background-API lead, enterprise architect, product manager, or cloud strategist-this course delivers. Whether you’re responsible for technical execution or business alignment, the content is tailored to your role and level of influence. Works even if: - You’re new to Apigee but need to lead API strategy immediately.
- Your organisation has legacy systems and cultural resistance to change.
- You lack executive buy-in and need to prove ROI quickly.
- You’re overwhelmed by competing frameworks and need clarity and focus.
With real-world templates, proven playbooks, and step-by-step decision filters, you’ll gain confidence from day one. This is not another abstract technical guide-it’s your operating manual for high-impact API leadership.
Module 1: Foundations of Enterprise API Strategy - Defining API strategy in the context of digital transformation
- Understanding the evolution from point-to-point integrations to API-led connectivity
- Core principles of API-first design and consumption-driven development
- Business vs technical drivers for API adoption
- Mapping organisational pain points to API solutions
- Identifying high-impact API use cases across departments
- Aligning API initiatives with corporate objectives and KPIs
- Stakeholder mapping for API governance and sponsorship
- Balancing speed, security, and scalability in early planning
- Establishing metrics for API success and maturity tracking
Module 2: Google Apigee Architecture Deep Dive - Overview of Apigee hybrid and cloud architectures
- Core components: API proxies, targets, routes, and policies
- Understanding message flow in Apigee proxies
- Designing proxies for performance and reusability
- Using shared flows for cross-cutting concerns
- Exploring the role of environments and virtual hosts
- Data persistence and caching strategies in Apigee
- Integration with GCP services including Cloud IAM and Pub/Sub
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines for Apigee deployments
- Managing configurations across environments using KVMs
Module 3: API Design and Development Best Practices - RESTful API principles with HATEOAS and statelessness
- Designing consistent resource naming and URI structures
- HTTP method semantics and status code usage guidelines
- Versioning strategies: URI, header, and content negotiation
- Error handling and custom error response design
- Pagination, filtering, sorting, and partial responses
- Using OpenAPI 3.0 for specification-driven development
- Leveraging Apigee’s built-in OpenAPI support
- Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) configuration
- Designing APIs for backward compatibility and deprecation
Module 4: Securing APIs at Scale with Apigee - Threat landscape for modern APIs
- Implementing OAuth 2.0 flows: authorization code, client credentials, and JWT
- Configuring API key validation and quota enforcement
- SAML and OIDC integration for identity propagation
- Using Apigee Spike Arrest and Quota policies for abuse protection
- Preventing common OWASP API Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Data encryption in transit and at rest
- Token introspection and revocation mechanisms
- Secure header management and sensitive data masking
- Auditing and logging access patterns for compliance
Module 5: Traffic Management and Performance Optimisation - Tuning API proxy performance for low latency
- Load testing strategies for Apigee deployments
- Using caching policies to reduce backend load
- Response transformation and payload optimisation
- Asynchronous processing with message queues
- Rate limiting by app, API, or IP address
- Fault tolerance and circuit breaker design patterns
- Health checks and backend failover configurations
- Geographic routing and latency-based traffic distribution
- Monitoring and alerting for SLA breaches
Module 6: API Productisation and Monetisation - Transitioning from APIs to API products
- Defining target personas and consumer journeys
- Pricing models: freemium, pay-per-call, tiered, and bundling
- Creating developer portals with branding and documentation
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Tracking API consumption by customer segment
- Integrating with billing systems like Stripe and SAP
- Using Apigee analytics for revenue attribution
- Setting up monetisation plans and rate plans
- Generating invoices and usage reports
Module 7: Governance and Lifecycle Management - Phased API lifecycle: design, prototype, test, publish, deprecate
- Establishing API governance councils and roles
- Policy enforcement using standardisation rules
- Enabling self-service API onboarding
- Managing API versions and retirement timelines
- Automating policy compliance checks
- Integrating with service mesh and API gateways
- Using linters and validators for design consistency
- Change impact analysis for API modifications
- Documenting API standards and publishing style guides
Module 8: Advanced Apigee Policy Configuration - JavaScript and Python scripting in Apigee policies
- Transforming payloads using Assign Message policy
- Custom error handling with Raise Fault policy
- Conditional flows based on request attributes
- Accessing and modifying message variables
- Using Extract Variables to parse headers, query params, and bodies
- Implementing dynamic routing with Service Callout
- Calling external services securely within flows
- Aggregating multiple backend responses
- Validating payloads with JSON Schema and XML Validation
Module 9: Analytics, Monitoring, and Observability - Configuring custom metrics and dimensions
- Building dashboards for operational insight
- Analysing traffic patterns and peak usage times
- Identifying underperforming or failing APIs
- Setting thresholds and real-time alerts
- Exporting analytics data to BigQuery
- Correlating errors with user behaviour
- Measuring API adoption and developer engagement
- Creating custom reports for executive stakeholders
- Using trace tooling for step-by-step debugging
Module 10: Developer Experience and Portal Customisation - Designing intuitive developer onboarding flows
- Customising the developer portal look and feel
- Managing API documentation within the portal
- Creating interactive console experiences
- Implementing search and discovery features
- Enabling community forums and feedback loops
- Managing application registration and approval workflows
- Configuring API key delivery and rotation
- Automating developer notifications
- Measuring and improving developer satisfaction (NPS)
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Connecting Apigee to SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow
- Using Apigee as an integration layer for legacy mainframes
- Transforming SOAP to REST using WSDL proxies
- Securing access to on-premise systems via runtime components
- Handling large payloads and batch operations
- Streaming data with WebSockets and SSE
- Event-driven APIs using pub/sub patterns
- Orchestrating microservices through API composition
- Enabling bidirectional communication with callbacks
- Synchronising data across distributed systems
Module 12: Cloud Native and Hybrid Deployments - Differences between Apigee X, hybrid, and legacy Edge
- Setting up runtimes in private or public clouds
- Integrating with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh
- Deploying Apigee in zero-trust network environments
- Configuring TLS and mTLS enforcement
- Scaling runtimes based on demand
- Backup and disaster recovery strategies
- High availability design for mission-critical APIs
- Multi-region and multi-cloud deployment patterns
- Network segmentation and firewall considerations
Module 13: Change Management and Organisational Adoption - Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- Defining API strategy in the context of digital transformation
- Understanding the evolution from point-to-point integrations to API-led connectivity
- Core principles of API-first design and consumption-driven development
- Business vs technical drivers for API adoption
- Mapping organisational pain points to API solutions
- Identifying high-impact API use cases across departments
- Aligning API initiatives with corporate objectives and KPIs
- Stakeholder mapping for API governance and sponsorship
- Balancing speed, security, and scalability in early planning
- Establishing metrics for API success and maturity tracking
Module 2: Google Apigee Architecture Deep Dive - Overview of Apigee hybrid and cloud architectures
- Core components: API proxies, targets, routes, and policies
- Understanding message flow in Apigee proxies
- Designing proxies for performance and reusability
- Using shared flows for cross-cutting concerns
- Exploring the role of environments and virtual hosts
- Data persistence and caching strategies in Apigee
- Integration with GCP services including Cloud IAM and Pub/Sub
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines for Apigee deployments
- Managing configurations across environments using KVMs
Module 3: API Design and Development Best Practices - RESTful API principles with HATEOAS and statelessness
- Designing consistent resource naming and URI structures
- HTTP method semantics and status code usage guidelines
- Versioning strategies: URI, header, and content negotiation
- Error handling and custom error response design
- Pagination, filtering, sorting, and partial responses
- Using OpenAPI 3.0 for specification-driven development
- Leveraging Apigee’s built-in OpenAPI support
- Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) configuration
- Designing APIs for backward compatibility and deprecation
Module 4: Securing APIs at Scale with Apigee - Threat landscape for modern APIs
- Implementing OAuth 2.0 flows: authorization code, client credentials, and JWT
- Configuring API key validation and quota enforcement
- SAML and OIDC integration for identity propagation
- Using Apigee Spike Arrest and Quota policies for abuse protection
- Preventing common OWASP API Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Data encryption in transit and at rest
- Token introspection and revocation mechanisms
- Secure header management and sensitive data masking
- Auditing and logging access patterns for compliance
Module 5: Traffic Management and Performance Optimisation - Tuning API proxy performance for low latency
- Load testing strategies for Apigee deployments
- Using caching policies to reduce backend load
- Response transformation and payload optimisation
- Asynchronous processing with message queues
- Rate limiting by app, API, or IP address
- Fault tolerance and circuit breaker design patterns
- Health checks and backend failover configurations
- Geographic routing and latency-based traffic distribution
- Monitoring and alerting for SLA breaches
Module 6: API Productisation and Monetisation - Transitioning from APIs to API products
- Defining target personas and consumer journeys
- Pricing models: freemium, pay-per-call, tiered, and bundling
- Creating developer portals with branding and documentation
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Tracking API consumption by customer segment
- Integrating with billing systems like Stripe and SAP
- Using Apigee analytics for revenue attribution
- Setting up monetisation plans and rate plans
- Generating invoices and usage reports
Module 7: Governance and Lifecycle Management - Phased API lifecycle: design, prototype, test, publish, deprecate
- Establishing API governance councils and roles
- Policy enforcement using standardisation rules
- Enabling self-service API onboarding
- Managing API versions and retirement timelines
- Automating policy compliance checks
- Integrating with service mesh and API gateways
- Using linters and validators for design consistency
- Change impact analysis for API modifications
- Documenting API standards and publishing style guides
Module 8: Advanced Apigee Policy Configuration - JavaScript and Python scripting in Apigee policies
- Transforming payloads using Assign Message policy
- Custom error handling with Raise Fault policy
- Conditional flows based on request attributes
- Accessing and modifying message variables
- Using Extract Variables to parse headers, query params, and bodies
- Implementing dynamic routing with Service Callout
- Calling external services securely within flows
- Aggregating multiple backend responses
- Validating payloads with JSON Schema and XML Validation
Module 9: Analytics, Monitoring, and Observability - Configuring custom metrics and dimensions
- Building dashboards for operational insight
- Analysing traffic patterns and peak usage times
- Identifying underperforming or failing APIs
- Setting thresholds and real-time alerts
- Exporting analytics data to BigQuery
- Correlating errors with user behaviour
- Measuring API adoption and developer engagement
- Creating custom reports for executive stakeholders
- Using trace tooling for step-by-step debugging
Module 10: Developer Experience and Portal Customisation - Designing intuitive developer onboarding flows
- Customising the developer portal look and feel
- Managing API documentation within the portal
- Creating interactive console experiences
- Implementing search and discovery features
- Enabling community forums and feedback loops
- Managing application registration and approval workflows
- Configuring API key delivery and rotation
- Automating developer notifications
- Measuring and improving developer satisfaction (NPS)
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Connecting Apigee to SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow
- Using Apigee as an integration layer for legacy mainframes
- Transforming SOAP to REST using WSDL proxies
- Securing access to on-premise systems via runtime components
- Handling large payloads and batch operations
- Streaming data with WebSockets and SSE
- Event-driven APIs using pub/sub patterns
- Orchestrating microservices through API composition
- Enabling bidirectional communication with callbacks
- Synchronising data across distributed systems
Module 12: Cloud Native and Hybrid Deployments - Differences between Apigee X, hybrid, and legacy Edge
- Setting up runtimes in private or public clouds
- Integrating with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh
- Deploying Apigee in zero-trust network environments
- Configuring TLS and mTLS enforcement
- Scaling runtimes based on demand
- Backup and disaster recovery strategies
- High availability design for mission-critical APIs
- Multi-region and multi-cloud deployment patterns
- Network segmentation and firewall considerations
Module 13: Change Management and Organisational Adoption - Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- RESTful API principles with HATEOAS and statelessness
- Designing consistent resource naming and URI structures
- HTTP method semantics and status code usage guidelines
- Versioning strategies: URI, header, and content negotiation
- Error handling and custom error response design
- Pagination, filtering, sorting, and partial responses
- Using OpenAPI 3.0 for specification-driven development
- Leveraging Apigee’s built-in OpenAPI support
- Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) configuration
- Designing APIs for backward compatibility and deprecation
Module 4: Securing APIs at Scale with Apigee - Threat landscape for modern APIs
- Implementing OAuth 2.0 flows: authorization code, client credentials, and JWT
- Configuring API key validation and quota enforcement
- SAML and OIDC integration for identity propagation
- Using Apigee Spike Arrest and Quota policies for abuse protection
- Preventing common OWASP API Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Data encryption in transit and at rest
- Token introspection and revocation mechanisms
- Secure header management and sensitive data masking
- Auditing and logging access patterns for compliance
Module 5: Traffic Management and Performance Optimisation - Tuning API proxy performance for low latency
- Load testing strategies for Apigee deployments
- Using caching policies to reduce backend load
- Response transformation and payload optimisation
- Asynchronous processing with message queues
- Rate limiting by app, API, or IP address
- Fault tolerance and circuit breaker design patterns
- Health checks and backend failover configurations
- Geographic routing and latency-based traffic distribution
- Monitoring and alerting for SLA breaches
Module 6: API Productisation and Monetisation - Transitioning from APIs to API products
- Defining target personas and consumer journeys
- Pricing models: freemium, pay-per-call, tiered, and bundling
- Creating developer portals with branding and documentation
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Tracking API consumption by customer segment
- Integrating with billing systems like Stripe and SAP
- Using Apigee analytics for revenue attribution
- Setting up monetisation plans and rate plans
- Generating invoices and usage reports
Module 7: Governance and Lifecycle Management - Phased API lifecycle: design, prototype, test, publish, deprecate
- Establishing API governance councils and roles
- Policy enforcement using standardisation rules
- Enabling self-service API onboarding
- Managing API versions and retirement timelines
- Automating policy compliance checks
- Integrating with service mesh and API gateways
- Using linters and validators for design consistency
- Change impact analysis for API modifications
- Documenting API standards and publishing style guides
Module 8: Advanced Apigee Policy Configuration - JavaScript and Python scripting in Apigee policies
- Transforming payloads using Assign Message policy
- Custom error handling with Raise Fault policy
- Conditional flows based on request attributes
- Accessing and modifying message variables
- Using Extract Variables to parse headers, query params, and bodies
- Implementing dynamic routing with Service Callout
- Calling external services securely within flows
- Aggregating multiple backend responses
- Validating payloads with JSON Schema and XML Validation
Module 9: Analytics, Monitoring, and Observability - Configuring custom metrics and dimensions
- Building dashboards for operational insight
- Analysing traffic patterns and peak usage times
- Identifying underperforming or failing APIs
- Setting thresholds and real-time alerts
- Exporting analytics data to BigQuery
- Correlating errors with user behaviour
- Measuring API adoption and developer engagement
- Creating custom reports for executive stakeholders
- Using trace tooling for step-by-step debugging
Module 10: Developer Experience and Portal Customisation - Designing intuitive developer onboarding flows
- Customising the developer portal look and feel
- Managing API documentation within the portal
- Creating interactive console experiences
- Implementing search and discovery features
- Enabling community forums and feedback loops
- Managing application registration and approval workflows
- Configuring API key delivery and rotation
- Automating developer notifications
- Measuring and improving developer satisfaction (NPS)
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Connecting Apigee to SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow
- Using Apigee as an integration layer for legacy mainframes
- Transforming SOAP to REST using WSDL proxies
- Securing access to on-premise systems via runtime components
- Handling large payloads and batch operations
- Streaming data with WebSockets and SSE
- Event-driven APIs using pub/sub patterns
- Orchestrating microservices through API composition
- Enabling bidirectional communication with callbacks
- Synchronising data across distributed systems
Module 12: Cloud Native and Hybrid Deployments - Differences between Apigee X, hybrid, and legacy Edge
- Setting up runtimes in private or public clouds
- Integrating with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh
- Deploying Apigee in zero-trust network environments
- Configuring TLS and mTLS enforcement
- Scaling runtimes based on demand
- Backup and disaster recovery strategies
- High availability design for mission-critical APIs
- Multi-region and multi-cloud deployment patterns
- Network segmentation and firewall considerations
Module 13: Change Management and Organisational Adoption - Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- Tuning API proxy performance for low latency
- Load testing strategies for Apigee deployments
- Using caching policies to reduce backend load
- Response transformation and payload optimisation
- Asynchronous processing with message queues
- Rate limiting by app, API, or IP address
- Fault tolerance and circuit breaker design patterns
- Health checks and backend failover configurations
- Geographic routing and latency-based traffic distribution
- Monitoring and alerting for SLA breaches
Module 6: API Productisation and Monetisation - Transitioning from APIs to API products
- Defining target personas and consumer journeys
- Pricing models: freemium, pay-per-call, tiered, and bundling
- Creating developer portals with branding and documentation
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Tracking API consumption by customer segment
- Integrating with billing systems like Stripe and SAP
- Using Apigee analytics for revenue attribution
- Setting up monetisation plans and rate plans
- Generating invoices and usage reports
Module 7: Governance and Lifecycle Management - Phased API lifecycle: design, prototype, test, publish, deprecate
- Establishing API governance councils and roles
- Policy enforcement using standardisation rules
- Enabling self-service API onboarding
- Managing API versions and retirement timelines
- Automating policy compliance checks
- Integrating with service mesh and API gateways
- Using linters and validators for design consistency
- Change impact analysis for API modifications
- Documenting API standards and publishing style guides
Module 8: Advanced Apigee Policy Configuration - JavaScript and Python scripting in Apigee policies
- Transforming payloads using Assign Message policy
- Custom error handling with Raise Fault policy
- Conditional flows based on request attributes
- Accessing and modifying message variables
- Using Extract Variables to parse headers, query params, and bodies
- Implementing dynamic routing with Service Callout
- Calling external services securely within flows
- Aggregating multiple backend responses
- Validating payloads with JSON Schema and XML Validation
Module 9: Analytics, Monitoring, and Observability - Configuring custom metrics and dimensions
- Building dashboards for operational insight
- Analysing traffic patterns and peak usage times
- Identifying underperforming or failing APIs
- Setting thresholds and real-time alerts
- Exporting analytics data to BigQuery
- Correlating errors with user behaviour
- Measuring API adoption and developer engagement
- Creating custom reports for executive stakeholders
- Using trace tooling for step-by-step debugging
Module 10: Developer Experience and Portal Customisation - Designing intuitive developer onboarding flows
- Customising the developer portal look and feel
- Managing API documentation within the portal
- Creating interactive console experiences
- Implementing search and discovery features
- Enabling community forums and feedback loops
- Managing application registration and approval workflows
- Configuring API key delivery and rotation
- Automating developer notifications
- Measuring and improving developer satisfaction (NPS)
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Connecting Apigee to SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow
- Using Apigee as an integration layer for legacy mainframes
- Transforming SOAP to REST using WSDL proxies
- Securing access to on-premise systems via runtime components
- Handling large payloads and batch operations
- Streaming data with WebSockets and SSE
- Event-driven APIs using pub/sub patterns
- Orchestrating microservices through API composition
- Enabling bidirectional communication with callbacks
- Synchronising data across distributed systems
Module 12: Cloud Native and Hybrid Deployments - Differences between Apigee X, hybrid, and legacy Edge
- Setting up runtimes in private or public clouds
- Integrating with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh
- Deploying Apigee in zero-trust network environments
- Configuring TLS and mTLS enforcement
- Scaling runtimes based on demand
- Backup and disaster recovery strategies
- High availability design for mission-critical APIs
- Multi-region and multi-cloud deployment patterns
- Network segmentation and firewall considerations
Module 13: Change Management and Organisational Adoption - Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- Phased API lifecycle: design, prototype, test, publish, deprecate
- Establishing API governance councils and roles
- Policy enforcement using standardisation rules
- Enabling self-service API onboarding
- Managing API versions and retirement timelines
- Automating policy compliance checks
- Integrating with service mesh and API gateways
- Using linters and validators for design consistency
- Change impact analysis for API modifications
- Documenting API standards and publishing style guides
Module 8: Advanced Apigee Policy Configuration - JavaScript and Python scripting in Apigee policies
- Transforming payloads using Assign Message policy
- Custom error handling with Raise Fault policy
- Conditional flows based on request attributes
- Accessing and modifying message variables
- Using Extract Variables to parse headers, query params, and bodies
- Implementing dynamic routing with Service Callout
- Calling external services securely within flows
- Aggregating multiple backend responses
- Validating payloads with JSON Schema and XML Validation
Module 9: Analytics, Monitoring, and Observability - Configuring custom metrics and dimensions
- Building dashboards for operational insight
- Analysing traffic patterns and peak usage times
- Identifying underperforming or failing APIs
- Setting thresholds and real-time alerts
- Exporting analytics data to BigQuery
- Correlating errors with user behaviour
- Measuring API adoption and developer engagement
- Creating custom reports for executive stakeholders
- Using trace tooling for step-by-step debugging
Module 10: Developer Experience and Portal Customisation - Designing intuitive developer onboarding flows
- Customising the developer portal look and feel
- Managing API documentation within the portal
- Creating interactive console experiences
- Implementing search and discovery features
- Enabling community forums and feedback loops
- Managing application registration and approval workflows
- Configuring API key delivery and rotation
- Automating developer notifications
- Measuring and improving developer satisfaction (NPS)
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Connecting Apigee to SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow
- Using Apigee as an integration layer for legacy mainframes
- Transforming SOAP to REST using WSDL proxies
- Securing access to on-premise systems via runtime components
- Handling large payloads and batch operations
- Streaming data with WebSockets and SSE
- Event-driven APIs using pub/sub patterns
- Orchestrating microservices through API composition
- Enabling bidirectional communication with callbacks
- Synchronising data across distributed systems
Module 12: Cloud Native and Hybrid Deployments - Differences between Apigee X, hybrid, and legacy Edge
- Setting up runtimes in private or public clouds
- Integrating with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh
- Deploying Apigee in zero-trust network environments
- Configuring TLS and mTLS enforcement
- Scaling runtimes based on demand
- Backup and disaster recovery strategies
- High availability design for mission-critical APIs
- Multi-region and multi-cloud deployment patterns
- Network segmentation and firewall considerations
Module 13: Change Management and Organisational Adoption - Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- Configuring custom metrics and dimensions
- Building dashboards for operational insight
- Analysing traffic patterns and peak usage times
- Identifying underperforming or failing APIs
- Setting thresholds and real-time alerts
- Exporting analytics data to BigQuery
- Correlating errors with user behaviour
- Measuring API adoption and developer engagement
- Creating custom reports for executive stakeholders
- Using trace tooling for step-by-step debugging
Module 10: Developer Experience and Portal Customisation - Designing intuitive developer onboarding flows
- Customising the developer portal look and feel
- Managing API documentation within the portal
- Creating interactive console experiences
- Implementing search and discovery features
- Enabling community forums and feedback loops
- Managing application registration and approval workflows
- Configuring API key delivery and rotation
- Automating developer notifications
- Measuring and improving developer satisfaction (NPS)
Module 11: Integration with Enterprise Systems - Connecting Apigee to SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow
- Using Apigee as an integration layer for legacy mainframes
- Transforming SOAP to REST using WSDL proxies
- Securing access to on-premise systems via runtime components
- Handling large payloads and batch operations
- Streaming data with WebSockets and SSE
- Event-driven APIs using pub/sub patterns
- Orchestrating microservices through API composition
- Enabling bidirectional communication with callbacks
- Synchronising data across distributed systems
Module 12: Cloud Native and Hybrid Deployments - Differences between Apigee X, hybrid, and legacy Edge
- Setting up runtimes in private or public clouds
- Integrating with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh
- Deploying Apigee in zero-trust network environments
- Configuring TLS and mTLS enforcement
- Scaling runtimes based on demand
- Backup and disaster recovery strategies
- High availability design for mission-critical APIs
- Multi-region and multi-cloud deployment patterns
- Network segmentation and firewall considerations
Module 13: Change Management and Organisational Adoption - Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- Connecting Apigee to SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow
- Using Apigee as an integration layer for legacy mainframes
- Transforming SOAP to REST using WSDL proxies
- Securing access to on-premise systems via runtime components
- Handling large payloads and batch operations
- Streaming data with WebSockets and SSE
- Event-driven APIs using pub/sub patterns
- Orchestrating microservices through API composition
- Enabling bidirectional communication with callbacks
- Synchronising data across distributed systems
Module 12: Cloud Native and Hybrid Deployments - Differences between Apigee X, hybrid, and legacy Edge
- Setting up runtimes in private or public clouds
- Integrating with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh
- Deploying Apigee in zero-trust network environments
- Configuring TLS and mTLS enforcement
- Scaling runtimes based on demand
- Backup and disaster recovery strategies
- High availability design for mission-critical APIs
- Multi-region and multi-cloud deployment patterns
- Network segmentation and firewall considerations
Module 13: Change Management and Organisational Adoption - Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- Overcoming cultural resistance to API adoption
- Building internal champions and early wins
- Communicating API value to non-technical leaders
- Running pilot programs with measurable outcomes
- Training teams on API best practices
- Creating incentives for reuse and standardisation
- Establishing centres of excellence (CoE)
- Measuring organisational API maturity
- Scaling adoption across business units
- Documenting success stories and evangelising internally
Module 14: Competitive Advantage Through API Ecosystems - Designing partner APIs for ecosystem growth
- Enabling third-party innovation on your platform
- Auditing external API dependencies
- Securing supply chain APIs and vendor integrations
- Using APIs to enter new markets or verticals
- Creating developer incentives and go-to-market strategies
- Tracking ecosystem health and engagement
- Running API hackathons and developer challenges
- Analysing competitor API offerings
- Positioning APIs as differentiators in sales cycles
Module 15: Real-World Implementation Projects - Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider
Module 16: Certification Preparation & Career Advancement - Reviewing key competencies for API leadership
- Preparing for technical and strategic certification assessments
- Documenting your implementation experience
- Building a portfolio of API design patterns
- Writing executive summaries of API impact
- Presenting API ROI to stakeholders
- Negotiating promotion or role expansion using certification
- Leveraging the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Joining a global network of certified practitioners
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced learning paths
- Case study: Banking API platform for open finance
- Project: Build a customer-facing product catalogue API
- Project: Secure a legacy insurance claims system via Apigee
- Project: Create a monetisable logistics tracking API
- Project: Design a partner onboarding portal with usage tiers
- Hands-on lab: Implement OAuth 2.0 for internal apps
- Hands-on lab: Set up rate limiting and spike arrest
- Hands-on lab: Configure custom analytics dashboards
- Hands-on lab: Build and deploy a multi-step API proxy
- Hands-on lab: Integrate with an external identity provider