Agile/Lean Peer2Peer group

MEETING LOCATION:
Accelerator Centre

This P2P group is open to employees of companies that are Communitech Network Members

If you plan to attend the upcoming sessions, please click on the Register Now link above.

Topic: Agile at Alias
Speaker:  Kevin Tureski

This presentation highlights the rationale behind the adoption of sustainable software development and agile development methodologies by Alias beginning in 2001. The transition experience, benefits and challenges are discussed for a very large and complex existing product (Maya®) and a very small new product (SketchBook Pro®).

About the Presenter
Kevin Tureski has over 25 years of experience leading the development of best-in-class 3D computer graphics products. Kevin joined Alias Research Inc. in 1987 and held a variety of engineering positions, including ten years as director of engineering for Maya® and nine years as director of engineering for PowerAnimator®. On March 1, 2003, Alias|Wavefront was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an Oscar® for scientific and technical achievement for the development of Maya software. Kevin and Alias president Doug Walker accepted the award on behalf of the company. In 1988, Chris Landreth’s “Bingo” received a Genie Award from The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television; as co-producer, Kevin was a co-recipient of this award. Prior to joining Alias, he was a systems administrator and production programmer at the Toronto headquarters of Omnibus Computer Graphics from 1984 to 1987. He graduated with an Honours B. Math degree from the University of Waterloo in 1984. In his current consulting practice, he has coached the R&D management team at ILM/Lucasfilm through the adoption and rollout of sustainable software development and agile development methodologies.

Links related to this group:  Waterloo Agile Lean Blog, LinkedIn, and Facebook groups.

Information about group
Meetings are on the 4th Tuesday of every month
Multi-functional teams will learn proven organizational transition approaches and best practices around Agile project and product management, Agile architecture and quality management. Development, management, and product teams will gain practical insights, tools, practices they can take away to help adopt or adapt agile/lean practices. The format of these sessions ranges from guest speaker, to soapbox, to roundtable, to workshop.

Volunteer group champions:
Declan Whelan, Whelan & Associates
Ann-Marie Kong, McAfee
Rob Kurz, Creative Options, A Protiviti Co.

Communitech group representative:
 Wanda Eby, Programs Coordinator

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Wanda Eby directly.

Resources (past slide presentations or links of interest)

Feb 2010 Continuous Integration slides and case study Leon Kehl, Boxbrite