Personal Details

Emp Name
Raghava Pichikala

Joining Date
04 Jul 2011

Next Action Expected

Reporting Manager to Start Assessment

Job Title
Sr. Engineer - CAE

Review Period
Final Review

Grade
L1.2

Review Date

Appraisal
Status
Self
Assessment

31 Mar 2015

Financial
KPI Description
Billable Work Hours per Quarter

Wtg(%)
15

KPI Target
>= 480 = 15, 380 to 480 hrs = 12, 250 to 380
=8, 140 to 250 = 6, Else = 0

Training
Need

Self Score

Training
Need

Self Score

15

Growth
KPI Description

Wtg(%)

Target

Average CSR Rating

10

AvCSR>4.5 = 10,
AvCSR 3.5-to-4 = 6,
CSR recd or Else = 0

AvCSR 4-to-4.5 = 8,
AvCSR 3-to-3.5 = 2, No

Business Acquisition Support

Business Acquisition casacaded to Team member by Team-Lead.

For L1.1 & L1.2

No of collaterals/case studies developed = 1 per
Q (certified by Bid Response or Sales Team) or
Participation in RFP/Bids - quantify effort = 8
Hrs. per Q (certified by Bd Response or Sales
Team) or
Develop presentations for Project/Group/LOB =
1 per Q (certified by EMs/ IHs/ THs) or
Assist with customer visits/site visit coordination
= 8 Hrs/ per Q (certified by Sales Team)
Up to L1.1
Participation in New Customer/PO pilot
submission ( Approved by PM)

10

Negative Feedback (NF)

CSRs cascaded to Team Member by Team Leader

No negative feedback = 5, Maximum Two

Negative Feedback Suggesting Improvement =
2, More than 2 Negative Feedbacks or Single
Severe Negative Feedback Affecting Buiness =
0

Process
KPI Description

Wtg(%)

Target

Training
Need

Self Score

"New Skills or Competency Enhancement as validated by

respective domain SME
Entered by the employee and approved by the Manager in
MySkills."
2. CFD - Automation process for ADE mesh generation before Q2

10

New Skills acquired or Competency

Enhancement done and used in project work =
10, New Skills acquired or Competency
Enhancement done but not used = 6,
No
New Skills = 0

1. Data management for all assigned CFD projects (need to

provide evidence)
2. Amend checklists (continuous improvement process) and
maintain checklist for all assigned deliverables

Proactive =5, Done when told =3, Not Done

=1

Approved Productivity Improvement Idea (as approved by PM)

1. Generate automation idea or process improvement ideas and
document the same

2 Approved Ideas = 5,
No Approved Idea = 0

1 Approved Idea = 3,

10

Effort Variance (Estimated Vs Actual hours)

(Check list or project tracking Designer Tables)
1. Maintain individual task estimation, planned & actual efforts for
all assigned CFD tasks

For All Projects : > -10% = 5 , -10 to 0 = 5, 1

to 10% = 2, and >10% =0

Knowledge Management (No. of Knowledge Documents approved

by Project Managers submiited on GEM / KM System)
1. Prepare 4 knowledge documents in FY15
2. Present 2 knowledge sharing sessions on technical topics in
FY15

Prepare 4 KM documents (as sole author) or 4

KM documents (as a co-author) =5,
Prepare 2 Knowledge Documents (Co - author)
= 3, None = 0

Schedule Variance
(Check list or project tracking-Designer Tables)
1. Maintain project estimation, planned & actual delivery
scheduals for all assigned CFD tasks

10

For All projects : On/Before time = 10; Delay 1

to 5% = 6, Delay 5 to 10%= 4, Else = 0

10

Weighted External Defect Density (Number of defects) and

Negative Feedbacks from customer
(Check list or project tracking Designer Tables)
1. Capture review comments & defects if any for all assigned CFD
tasks

10

For All Projects : <0.15 WDD = 10, 0.15 to 1.0

WDD = 6 , >1.0 WDD = 0

10

No negative feedback = 5, Number of NFs : 2 or

less = 4, Number of NFs 3-to-4 = 2,
>4 = 0

Tata Technologies Leadership Competencies

KPI Description
Developing relationships: Builds effective long term relationships
with business partners , i.e. customers, peers, functional /domain
experts, alliance partners, negotiates effectively, and builds and
leverages networks (Cluster - Business)

Wtg(%)
5

Target
Manager will observe improvement on behavior
and requisite attributes over the assessment
period to make a comprehensive evaluation on
both the strengths and consistency of these
practices while achieving the KPIs and targets.
Detailed document articulating quantifiable
behavior and associated rating scale will be
referred here

Training
Need

Self Score
5

Execution Excellence: Ensures sustainable execution (results for

tomorrow) though systems and process orientation, cost and
quality consciousness, innovation and creativity, and knowledge
sharing (Cluster - Results)

Manager will observe improvement on behavior

and requisite attributes over the assessment
period to make a comprehensive evaluation on
both the strengths and consistency of these
practices while achieving the KPIs and targets.
Detailed document articulating quantifiable
behavior and associated rating scale will be
referred here

Personal Mastery: Role models integrity, self-belief and

organizational commitment, builds trust and collaborates, is a
continuous learner, deals with ambiguity, handles pressure and
takes ownership (Cluster - Self)

Manager will observe improvement on behavior

and requisite attributes over the assessment
period to make a comprehensive evaluation on
both the strengths and consistency of these
practices while achieving the KPIs and targets.
Detailed document articulating quantifiable
behavior and associated rating scale will be
referred here

Extra Miles
KPI Description

Wtg(%)

Target

Corporate Social Responsibility

50

Participating in CSR Activity minimum 2 in a

year

Innovation

50

Focus on continous improvement with

commercially viable ideas, processes, models
leading to project profitablity and/or customer
satisfaction

Training
Need

Self Score
50
0

Assessment Start
Assessment End Date
Date
01 Apr 2014
31 Mar 2015

Self Justification
Q1 > 480
Q2 > 480
Q3 = 405( vacation
for medical purpose)
Q4 > 480

Self Justification
Average CSR for all
the projects handled
is more than 4.5.
Airbus-Germany.
Constantly involved
in estimation of
efforts for all
idealization and
meshing tasks.
Involved in pilot
project of zodiac.

no negative feedback

Self Justification
Improvement in the
expertise of Catia
and ANSA. Applied
the same for zodiac
pilot project.
Improved expertise
of Fluent and CFDpost and used them
in Haldex, Zodiac
and even for case
set-up of Aibrus
Germany cases.
done when told

Generated a script in
ANSA for numbering
of Restrictor to copy
to other positions
and used the same in
Generation of mesh
for A350-1000 TZ-01
meshing which saved
a lot of time.
Written journals for
setting up the case
and boundary
conditions in fluent.
Generated a macro
in Microsoft
powerpoint
presentation for
pasting the images
which was used
during V-trap report

All the projects were

done according to
the estimation.
no knowledge
management
documents were
made

All the projects were

delivered on or
before deadline
No negative
feedback has been
from the customer.
defended the same
number of times
when ever customer
used to raise a

Self Justification
having a good
relationship with the
customers and peers
which will help in
developing the
project execution.

Always ready to
involve in all the CFD
projects and give
improvement ideas
that used to make
the project execution
quicker and
smoother. Involved
myself in Zodiac
project and gave a
lot of suggestions
which helped the
project execution and
at the same time
learnt a lot. Script
generation in ANSA
for Airbus Germany
project, fluent for
case set-ups and
power-point for
image formatting in
report for V-trap.
The image formatting
script was also used
took the ownership
of all the airbus
Germany projects
and delivered them
on or before
deadline. A lot of
pressure from
Andreas has been
handled in very
though situations.
Also defended the
team whenever
customer used to
point out defects.
Always ready for
working in tough

Self Justification
participated in more
than 2 CSR activities.
involved in
generating
innovative idea but
not major one