Making the Difficult, Simple(r)
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The document provides an overview of Sabre, a company specializing in travel technology, emphasizing the importance of developer experience in building APIs. It discusses a five-step process for achieving good developer experience, the necessity of documentation, and offers strategies for successful API adoption. Key points include focusing on uniqueness, the distinction between products and projects, and the significance of engaging early adopters.
Making the Difficult, Simple(r)
- 1. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 1 June 12, 2018 Making the Difficult, Simple(r) Julian Macagno & Ken Tabor
- 2. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Traveling here required a cascade of decisions
- 3. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 3
- 4. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 4
- 5. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 5
- 6. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 6 425,000+ travel agents 400+ airline customers 900,000+ hotel options Buenos Aires, Argentina Krakow, Poland Bangalore, India Global Development Centers Boston, Massachusetts Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Montevideo, Uruguay Headquarters in Dallas/Fort Worth 140+ countries 9,000+ employees 4,000+ technologists Proven global scale and reach
- 7. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 7
- 8. In a Sabre minute . . . Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 8
- 9. Who we are? Julian Macagno Director of Product Management & Developer Experience Ken Tabor Principal Software Architect Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 9
- 10. Start Products With Developer Experience in Mind
- 11. Reasons for Building APIs Weāve done things well Core Tech We build digital tools APIs You can do those things well too Leverage
- 12. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Design APIs to be Used
- 13. APIS ARE FOR HUMANS Let customer testimonials be the data driving your decisions.
- 14. 5-Step Process to Achieve Good DX Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 14 User Research Definition Ideation Prototyping Testing
- 15. Why DX Now? Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 15 āDevelopers are increasingly the decision makers, and certainly influencers.ā āSpeed to market is vital to us. Weāll consider anything that shortens our roadmap.ā
- 16. Prototyping & Testing Designs telling resources and actions Client apps consuming them Validate with users (customers)
- 17. What About API Instructions? A product manager: āI donāt know whatās best in class.ā āShow me what success looks like.ā Minimal valuable docs: ā¢ Getting Started ā¢ How-to Guides ā¢ API Reference ā¢ Change Log
- 18. You donāt have instructions? You donāt have a product! Creating documentation feels like an expense. Easily skipped in up-front API design. Easily ignored during project delivery. Clearly missed when out in production. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 18
- 19. 5 Dos and Donāts for Adopting a Successful API Strategy
- 20. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 20 OPEN ACCESS Number 1
- 21. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 21
- 22. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 22
- 23. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 23 It's 2018! developer.sabre.com
- 24. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 24 BRING FOCUS: DO NOT TRY TO DO EVERYTHING Number 2
- 25. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 25 Donāt try to boil the Ocean
- 26. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 26
- 27. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 27 What does Best in Class Look Like
- 28. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 28 We have over 300 APIs
- 29. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 29 Build your Proof Point, before you attempt to Fly
- 30. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 30 We Built a Blueprint
- 31. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 31 FOCUS ON WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE Number 3
- 32. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 32 What's your Core Competence? What's your differentiator? What makes you unique? What's your DNA? You can't be that that special. Donāt try to build what others have done, and are best in class,
- 33. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 33 Buy vs Build
- 34. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 34 FIND YOUR EXECUTIVE BELIEVER Number 4
- 35. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 35
- 36. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 36 WALK THE TALK Number 5
- 37. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 37 Walk the Talk Transform your Business
- 38. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 38 Successfully Talking About APIs as Products
- 39. Products vs Projects Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 39 Projects want to be delivered, but products seek to produce an outcome. Publishing isnāt an ending, itās a beginning. Watch metrics, experiment, learn, continue moving towards success.
- 40. Adapt an "API-First" Mindset to Inform Strategy Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 40 PMs own backlogs defining tactical Execs set corporate strategy Dev teams turn that into reality
- 41. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 41 Find your early-adopters of APIs as a Product Discover your fast followers Network and build a coalition of the willing Storytelling to Change Behavior
- 42. Consistent behavior changes beliefs Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 42 We have customers with unmet needs We prototyped APIs to make their life easier We created and delivered a set of useful APIs Weāre API makers Weāre an API company
- 43. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 43 Dividing a customer base Into smaller groups Relevant to marketing Using data analysis Targeted messaging Examples Online Travel Agent Leisure Corporate Direct Meta Search Customer Segments
- 44. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 44 Revenue Comes from a Monetization Plan
- 45. 3 Final Thoughts
- 46. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 46 #1: Investigate and Deliver
- 47. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 47 #2: Open Attitude, Open to Opportunities
- 48. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 48 #3: Learn from Products and Make Better APIs
- 49. Ā©2018 Sabre GLBL Inc. All rights reserved. 49 Send the Speakers a Message Julian Macagno - [email protected] // @JMacagno Ken Tabor - [email protected] // @KenTabor More on Our Company Sabre - www.sabre.com // @Sabre_Corp Use our APIs - developer.sabre.com Be our teammate - jobs.sabre.com