API Lifecycle
API Lifecycle. Managing APIs well requires understanding the full lifecycle: from initial design through development, testing, deployment, versioning, and eventual retirement. Each stage has distinct quality and governance requirements.
API Lifecycle
Managing APIs well requires understanding the full lifecycle: from initial design through development, testing, deployment, versioning, and eventual retirement. Each stage has distinct quality and governance requirements. This infographic maps the API lifecycle stages and the key activities at each, providing a reference framework for teams building or improving their API programmes.
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[Human view](https://apicontext.com/resources/api-lifecycle) · [Markdown view](https://apicontext.com/resources/api-lifecycle.md) · [APIContext home](https://apicontext.com) # API Lifecycle Canonical URL: https://apicontext.com/resources/api-lifecycle Source: static Description: Download the APIContext infographic on the API lifecycle — from design and build through deployment, management, and retirement\. ## Summary API Lifecycle\. Managing APIs well requires understanding the full lifecycle: from initial design through development, testing, deployment, versioning, and eventual retirement\. Each stage has distinct quality and governance requirements\. ## Page sections ### API Lifecycle Managing APIs well requires understanding the full lifecycle: from initial design through development, testing, deployment, versioning, and eventual retirement\. Each stage has distinct quality and governance requirements\. This infographic maps the API lifecycle stages and the key activities at each, providing a reference framework for teams building or improving their API programmes\. ## Key facts - Managing APIs well requires understanding the full lifecycle: from initial design through development, testing, deployment, versioning, and eventual retirement\. Each stage has distinct quality and governance requirements\. - This infographic maps the API lifecycle stages and the key activities at each, providing a reference framework for teams building or improving their API programmes\. ## Primary entities - APIContext - Infographic - API Lifecycle - API monitoring - API best practices ## Audience - API teams - technology leaders - SRE teams ## Primary links - [Download PDF](https://3449466.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3449466/5-%20Reports%20and%20Infographics/API%20Lifcycle.pdf) - [Request a demo](/contact)