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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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1
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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!