Acknowledgments

I would like to thank many people who helped me throughout this process. The first mention goes to my wife, Minal, for her understanding of the time I was spending on the book and for her regular feedback.

My special thanks to Premkishan, who is not only the reviewer of the book but also my first project lead. His inputs were very valuable and have helped me to improve the content of the book.

I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Chen, Shiuann-Shuoh, for the encouragement and support in allowing me to work with student groups from the ERP center, National Central University of Taiwan to develop the content.

Many individuals have provided comments at various stages on portions of this book. I would also like to thank my parents as well as Naveen Rai, Ajeet Ravi, Resham Rai, Nutan Singh, and Poonam Singh for their continuous support and encouragement. I sincerely appreciate the small talks that I had with Frank Strohmaier and Sanjeev Kedarshetty on project management topics and Agile.

Many many thanks to my editors, Trusha Shriyan, Kinjal Bari, Prachi Bisht, and Sayali Thanekar, who worked closely with me and without whom the book would not have been possible. Finally, I would like to appreciate and thank my publishing team and graphics team for their splendid work.