What is the cost of delay of not using API-first development and API mocks?

InfoQ has just published our latest article on “ Using API-First Development and API Mocking to Break Critical Path Dependencies ”.

Key takeaways:

• Many organizations are moving towards API-first development in order to decrease the coupling between teams and increase development velocity. Using API mocks can support the goals of this initiative.

• We present a case study on API-first development that used API mocks to enable teams to work in parallel and be faster to market

• There is a simple way of estimating the value parallelizing teamwork using API mocks will bring to your organization, based on the cost of delay

• The spreadsheet model provided in this article can be used to calculate potential savings 

• Adoption of API mocking requires just one team -- there is no need to migrate the whole organization at once

If you would like to see a cost of delay calculation sheet specific to your circumstances, please reach out to us by replying to this email, filling in the contact form or calling +44 20 3239 7753. We offer models for different cases like slow CI/CD builds, unavailable third party dependencies and more.