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FOR Q1/Q2 2020 Dhana’s Department Newsletter – 1st Edition In-side Pg.2 1. Product list 2. Management update 3. Dhana’s Interview Pg. 3 1. Achievements 2. Agile BC1/BC2 Pg. 4 1. Initiatives 2. Birthday 3. Puzzle 1

Products 8624 - EuroMIVIS Paddu 13668 - EuroMIVIS Reporting SriRam 11482 - Accounts Receivables & iERP Accounts Receivables Muthu Karthi SAP Training for EU Team 9803 - Vehicle Invoicing & Drafting Q How does this pandemic affecting the way we operate and what are the measures being built to evolve? Q During this unprecedented situation, how are we sustaining energy and momentum with i-ERP Finance Project goals? Q How do you lead through change? Q How do you keep your team keen and motivated? Q How do you or other leaders in organization communicate the Culture Truths? Q How do you encourage creative thinking within your organization? Dhana’s Department Newsletter – 1st Edition 2

• Successfully incorporated all the tenants of Basecamp 1 and continuing BC2 • Increased productivity and responsiveness to the priorities of our Product Owner while maintaining a high level of quality in the product launches  Successful Basecamp1 completion in Legacy & i-ERP PDO  Feature Demo for PI2 completed & Delivered planned User stories to Business on time  Connected, Collaborative and Regular Team Interactions and Agile methodology in delivery  Team consistently delivered Inspite of challenging scenarios through the iterations Dhana’s Department Newsletter – 1st Edition 3

Inside AGILE BC2 Learnings and Operationalization After successful completion of BC1 journey in Dec'2019 with the guidance of Agile Coaches, some of the Product teams are continuing on the journey with BC2 mostly self-driveInnwsiitdhesomAeGsIeLsEsioBnsCfr2omLtehaerCnoinacgh.and Operationalization Below are the 1 hour sessions that happened in Q1/Q2 2020. Feb - Smaller Backlog Items Mar- Prioritize Highest Value Work Apr - Schedule for early completion May- Identify Process Improvement and Waste Based on the understanding from these sessions, teams have started implementing some of the BC2 concepts like Right Sizing, Cost of Delay ( which covers Business Value, Time Critical, Risk Reduction), WSJF ( Weighted Shortest Job First) for their Products and also are updating RALLY accordingly. Business Team also recognized the value of these concepts and much inclined adapting to these concepts. Right Sizing of Stories and Prioritization of High Value Work “If you only quantify one thing, quantify the  Thin Story Slicing Cost of Delay”  Kanban approach for support work  Limit Work In Progress (WIP) items  Cost of Delay Concepts  Parameters like Business Value, Time Critical, Risk Reduction  WSJF ( Weighted Shortest Job First) – Doing the highest value Job First Theory of Constraints (TOC) which helps meeting Business Demand with Seamless Production flow  Drum Buffer Rope (DBR) Production Planning approach  4 Pillars of TOC and TOC Framework  Business model to support Throughput increase, Inventory and Operational expense decrease Identification of Software Development Wastes  7 Wastes of Software Development  7 Sins of Agile  Identify Process Improvements from these Wastes “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all” Presented by “Maximize Throughput Jothi Raja while Minimizing Inventory and Operating “Nothing is particularly hard if you divided it into small jobs” - Expense” Henry Ford 4 Dhana’s Department Newsletter – 1st Edition

i-ERP Training I-ERP Team underwent SAP training in February. Product Line teams undergone 10 week covering key SAP Fundamentals catered by SAP resources to audience of around 30+ including Business Dhana’s Department Newsletter – 1st Edition 5

Somasundaram, Venkatachalam “Contributed towards NA New Vehicle Invoicing feed to the WERS Rangaswamy, Velumani translator and demonstrated great flexibility and responsiveness to Achanta, Narendra additions and changes to the translator file based on feedback from the iERP team” – Michelle “Malli was instrumental in delivering and supporting Key projects like Germany and Malli Quicklane. Sudheer DhanyaSree Sudheer supported team during resource absence Sunil Jararanjani DhanyaSree, Sunil and Jayaranjani handled most of the critical production support issues without any miss and ensured Run and Protect Business all the time”– Satish Dhana’s Department Newsletter – 1st Edition 6

` The compassionate hearts who are also goal oriented and humble.. The Independent warriors who go by the words ‘ I WILL DO’ are very • Raji • Deepa ambitious and motivated to be successful.. • Jagadeesh • Naveen • Murali • Srinivasulu • Dhana • Bujji The dynamic players full of energy with loads of • Yaswant generosity and positivity.. The creative minds, as they’re observant, ambitious and believe in • Mariappan • Samuel their talent to see through it.. • Sriram • Satish • Nirmala • Sudheer The charismatic personalities with kind heart but • Asha also excellent decision makers.. The strong willed heads are reliable and organized and always ready • Hemanth • Raja to take up responsibilities.. • Sreeni G • Philomin • Kalyani • Chandra • Shoba • Saxon • Ramana • Kaniraj • Srini • Harold • Velumani • Yamini • Thiru • Mohan • Palraj • Sakthivel • Sendhil Dhana’s Department Newsletter – 1st Edition 7