--- title: "API Governance Is 75% People Work" url: https://daily.dev/posts/api-governance-is-75-people-work-z98rruqwz source_url: https://apievangelist.com/2026/07/05/api-governance-is-75-percent-people-work type: article source: "API Evangelist" published: 2026-07-06T14:56:23.374Z updated: 2026-07-06T14:56:43.980Z tags: ["architecture", "openapi"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # API Governance Is 75% People Work **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary API governance is primarily a people and organizational challenge, not a technical one. The technical stack — OpenAPI, JSON Schema, Spectral rules, CI/CD pipelines — represents only 25% of the work. The other 75% involves building trust, managing resistance, facilitating alignment between Product, Engineering, Platform, and Consumers, and treating governance as an education and enablement function. Key lessons include: bounding the mandate early to defuse fear, owning artifacts (schemas, policies, rules) rather than tooling, making the compliant path the easiest path through scaffolding and incentives, and recognizing that inconsistent APIs are a symptom of an under-resourced, under-taught organization rather than a defiant one. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Reducing API Sprawl Through Governance](https://daily.dev/posts/reducing-api-sprawl-through-governance-5hdolzzzv) · API Evangelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Open API Governance Toolchain](https://daily.dev/posts/the-open-api-governance-toolchain-sk3zf1qjy) · API Evangelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [6 Pillars for a Best in Class API Strategy](https://daily.dev/posts/6-pillars-for-a-best-in-class-api-strategy-m2yqe6phm) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Start by Mapping Your API Landscape](https://daily.dev/posts/start-by-mapping-your-api-landscape-seqr7ejtm) · API Evangelist · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Governance as Code for DevOps: A Practical Guide](https://daily.dev/posts/governance-as-code-for-devops-a-practical-guide-3fq0lpced) · Spacelift · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#openapi](https://daily.dev/tags/openapi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/api-governance-is-75-people-work-z98rruqwz)