Will Gorman explains how Engineering at Pentaho works

1. Engineering @ Pentaho
Will Gorman
VP of Engineering
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2. We Build Stuff…
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3. Pentaho’s Engineering Organization
– Development – David Kincade (dkincade@pentaho.com)
• 2012 New Hires:
– Rowell Belen – Interactive Reporting
– Tim Kafalas – BA Server, InfoCenter
– Larry Grill – Build Engineering
– Sulaiman Karmali – Reporting
– Tyler Band – BA Server
– Matt Burgess – Data Integration
– Gretchen Moran – Big Data
– Peter Minutello – BA Server
– Kurtis Walker – Mondrian
– Quality Assurance – Brandon Bruce (bbruce@pentaho.com)
• 2012 New Hires:
– Lily Deng – BA Server
– Carter Everett – Big Data
– Nick Baynham – QA Automation Engineer
– Sarah Moursalien – BA Server
– Jose Berdecia – BA Server
– Documentation – Paula Toth (ptoth@pentaho.com)
• 2012 New Hires:
– John Paz – Tech Writer
– Sarah Baca – Tech Writer
– Scrum Master – Jay Meldrum
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4. Pentaho’s Architects
James
Dixon Marc
Batchelor
Matt
Casters
Mark
Hall
Julian
Hyde
Thomas
Morgner
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5. Orlando Engineering
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6. Engineering Fun Days
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7. Orlando Dojo
• Rob and Mike are about to earn their Black Belts!
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8. Important 2012 Milestones
• Open Sourced Big Data:
– http://www.pentaho.com/press-room/releases/48/pentaho-open-
sources-big-data-capabilities-to-further-fuel-widespread-adoption
• Launched Pentaho IRC Office Hours:
– http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/COM/IRC+Office+Hours
• Started Transition to GitHub:
– https://github.com/pentaho/
• Opened up professional documentation:
– http://infocenter.pentaho.com
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9. SUGAR Update
– Major Enhancements
• New Repository Implementation (JCR)
• Datasource Management
• Action Based Security
• Administration Perspective vs. Admin Console
• REST APIs
• New Scheduling Implementation
– Release Goal: April 2013
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10. Marketplace Update
• A collaboration between Pentaho and WebDetails
• Why?
– Easier Access to Plugins
– Adds more capabilities to the Suite
– Builds a community in the product
– Give community insight into how people use Pentaho
• Delivery planned as part of 4.8 CE Release, Fall of 2012
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11. To Learn More…
• What are we working on right now?
http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/PMOPEN/Product+Management
• How can I contribute?
http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/COM/How+to+Contribute
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12. The Challenge
– Think of three things Pentaho Engineering can do that will
benefit the community
• Ideas like
– IRC Office Hours
– Clarify Contribution Process
– Better Developer Documentation
– Email me your ideas! wgorman@pentaho.com
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13. Contact Me
• email - wgorman@pentaho.com
• twitter - @wpgorman
• blog - www.willgorman.com
• irc - willgorman
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14. Thank You
Join the conversation. You can find us on:
blog.pentaho.com
@Pentaho
Facebook.com/Pentaho
Pentaho Business Analytics
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