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Together, they turn a time-consuming and error-prone manual leveling process into a fast and automated procedure that generates an accurate, adjustable, easy-to-communicate schedule.  \nSpeaker(s)  \nMichael Nowakowski is a Pipeline Technical Director at LAIKA. He focuses on studio workflows related to scheduling, fabrication, and asset organization.  \nOn his Instagram profile, @michael nowakowski, he chooses to describe himself as “an international multimedia art collective specializing in pictures of trees”.  \nHe now wears different (arguably more fashionable) glasses than he did in this headshot.  \nIntroduction  \nLAIKA is a hybrid stop motion/ CG animation studio near Portland, OR. Fueled by the vision of our President & CEO Travis Knight, we create original feature films that push the boundaries of animated filmmaking. Our five releases so far are:  \nMissing Link (2019)  \nKubo and the Two Strings (2016) The BoxTrolls (2014) ParaNorman (2012)  \nCoraline (2009)  \nIn addition to critical and popular acclaim, every one of our films has been nominated for the Academy Award® for Outstanding Animated Feature. Our most recent film, Missing Link, also earned a Golden Globe for Best Animated Motion Picture.  \nCreating our films is a massive undertaking. Stopmotion animation requires the creation of thousands of sets, props, puppets, and costumes that must both express the creative language of the film and be able to be rigged and animated in painstaking frame-by-frame detail. Perhaps even more daunting is the challenge of coordinating work between our fabrication groups to ensure all our assets fit into the same world and are delivered to the appropriate stages in time for their moment in the spotlight.  \nOur Production Technology department has been an integral part of enabling LAIKA’s success. For some insights into the work that this presentation builds on, please check out my colleague Tony Aiello’s talk from 2018—Shotgun for Production Management in LAIKA's Animated Features (Autodesk University 2018)  \nNow, on to the part where we talk about scheduling.  \n[Corollary to Hofstadter's Law: Every minute you spend thinking about Hofstadter's Law is a minute you're NOT WORKING AND WILL NEVER FINISH! PAAAAAANIIIIIIC!] -[xkcd.com/1658](xkcd.com/1658)  \nLAIKA’s Scheduling Needs  \nA schedule is an essential part of enabling LAIKA’s intricate filmmaking machine.  \n1-Get the right resources for the work  \nFirst, it helps us get the right resources for the production, and ensure we’re hiring an appropriate number of people with the right skills  \n2-Prioritize Work  \nSecond, it provides prioritization for our work. Knowing what is due when, and who should be working on what, lets us make a movie as efficiently as possible.  \n3-Communicate Effectively  \nThird, the schedule is an important communication tool. As our films have grown in complexity and scale, communicating work within and between departments has become more of a challenge. 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