API-led integration

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Systems of record exposed through system APIs, combined by process APIs and shaped for channels by experience APIs, on one integration platform.

Integration is organised in three layers of reusable APIs: system APIs unlock each system of record, process APIs combine them into business processes, and experience APIs shape the result for each channel. Pair it with the event-driven architecture where systems must react to change. When to use: many systems of record, several channels reusing the same data, and integration work that keeps being rebuilt point to point. Trade-offs: reuse, governance and the ability to replace a system of record behind a stable API; more layers to run, and the discipline to keep each API owned and versioned.

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