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EDMUNDS STORY

AUGUST 6, 2015

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1. Focus on the customer – how we understand it

2. EPAM image in Edmunds

3. How we did it

AGENDA

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THE CUSTOMERFOCUS ON

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FOCUS ON THE CUSTOMER

Innovation Lab generating unplanned revenue

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Long-term investment into key engineering personnel

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Regular executive visits to our delivery locations

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OUR RESULTS

• 1 project• 2 engineers• Single location (Vitebsk, BY)

• 34 projects• 110 engineers• 7 locations (BY, RU, UA, US)

EDMUNDS HACKATHON 2014• Sponsored by the customer• 12 teams• 50 participants

7YEARS IN A ROW

2008 2015

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EDMUNDS HACKATHON 2014

participants50

days3

postponed ideas5

teams12

implemented idea1

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EPAM IMAGEIN EDMUNDS

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EPAM IMAGE IN EDMUNDS

• Edmunds publicly

named us a

“Strategic partner of

Edmunds Internet

business”

• There are projects

w/o engineers on

the customer side

• Coherence

Migration project

PROFESSIONALS

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COHERENCE MIGRATION PROJECT

20 storages (NoSQL)

Investigation stage (1 month)

• Migration from in-memory storage Oracle Coherence

• Global migration of about 10 datasets

• Select more than 20 NoSQL-candidates

MongoDBDynamoDBCouchbaseElasticSearch

PoC stage (3 months)

• 4 storages

• The most complex and challenging dataset

MongoDB

Implementation stage

• Started 1 year ago and not completed yet

• 10 back-end engineers

• The biggest team in EDM-ODC

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EPAM IMAGE IN EDMUNDS

• Edmunds publicly

named us a

“Strategic partner of

Edmunds Internet

business”

• There are projects

w/o engineers on

the customer side

• Coherence

Migration project

PROFESSIONALS

• Always have several

solutions

• Help Edmunds to

make conscious

choice

FLEXIBLE

• Thinking out of the

box

• Customer expects

ideas from us

INNOVATORS

• Propose also

business ideas and

solutions

• 1 idea after

Edmunds Hackathon

2014 was

implemented

• 5 ideas were

postponed for

future

implementation

LEARNS BUSINESS

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• Simplifies vehicle price calculations

• Allows user to decide, which price is more acceptable for him

• Dynamically receives data from 8 Edmunds APIs

Application allows to:

• Find a car

• Build a deal

• Submit deal to dealer

 

 

KEY HIGHLIGHTSCARSHOP

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EPAM IMAGE IN EDMUNDS

• Edmunds publicly

named us a

“Strategic partner of

Edmunds Internet

business”

• There are projects

w/o engineers on

the customer side

• Coherence

Migration project

PROFESSIONALS

• Always have several

solutions

• Help Edmunds to

make conscious

choice

FLEXIBLE

• Thinking out of the

box

• Customer expects

ideas from us

INNOVATORS

• Propose also

business ideas and

solutions

• 1 idea after

Edmunds Hackathon

2014 was

implemented

• 5 ideas were

postponed for

future

implementation

LEARNS BUSINESS

We know

• How Edmunds work

• What Edmunds

believes in

• What is valuable for

Edmunds

LEARNS CULTURE

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HOW WE DID IT

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HOW WE DID IT

UNIFIED PROJECT

MANAGEMENT

PROCESS

• Dictated by growth while supporting the

growth

RESULTS

PREDICTABILITY

• Daily and weekly

statuses

• 100% customer

confidence in the

on-time in-budget

delivery

DELIVERY EXCELLENCE

• Continued being

professionals

• No failed projects in

7 years

FOCUS ON THE

BUSINESS OUTCOME

• Projects are driven

and measure by

business metrics

• Didn’t stop thinking

out of the box

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THANKS!