The API platform maturity model

The Tyk API platform maturity model is a comprehensive framework designed to enhance API experiences by guiding organizations in evaluating and advancing their API platforms. With APIs constituting a significant portion of web traffic, as evidenced by the Imperva report, effective API management is crucial for organizational success. This model helps teams assess their current API maturity, set future goals, allocate resources, and foster collaboration across different teams. It is built on the CNCF Platform Engineering Maturity Model and tailored for API-first platform engineering, addressing the unique challenges of the API ecosystem. The model caters to decision-makers, engineering managers, platform engineers, operations managers, and API developers by offering a strategic roadmap through five maturity pillars: investment, people and team, tooling and interfaces, process and operations, and measurement and reporting. Each pillar is evaluated independently to determine the organization's maturity level, from ad-hoc approaches to a fully integrated, self-service platform. The model is dynamic and open to community input, aiming to evolve with feedback and experiences to drive meaningful progress in API excellence.