Pyxis Technologies was founded in 2000 following the reflection of software engineers questioning the conventional ways of doing business in software development and more generally on their profession.
 
Alain Chaput, François Denommé and François Beauregard. Three developers fed up with delivering software that does not always correspond to the clients’ needs.

Their reflection led them to adopt new project management approaches, to continuously question themselves and to improve their processes and practices. Pyxis Technologies was born with the mission to offer unique and high quality solutions that meet the real needs of its customers.

François Beauregard and André Brissette (Briss by his nickname) decide to create an Agile community to share the first agile methods between developers in Montreal.
They thus became the initiators of the Montreal Agile Users Group. The goal of this group was to encourage and support the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experiences regarding Agile software development, its methodologies and practices.
 
The first meeting was held at the Montreal Enterprise and Innovation Center on September 24, 2002 at 6:00 PM with guest speaker Ken Schwaber. Schwaber is one of the leaders of the agile software development movement, one of the seventeen initial signatories of the Agile Manifesto and founder of Scrum.org, which Pyxis is now a partner since 2010.
 
Today, Agile Tour Montreal has more than 1700 participants and over 50 conferences per event.

Pyxis Technologies is now well known for its software development. But also more and more in demand for Agile coaching and training in corporate IT teams. And we are now displaying it on the website!
 
The coaching approach that Pyxis Technologies offers is based on the experience acquired in software development. The Pyxis team helps companies in the assessment of the processes and practices in place, the management of a pilot project and the progressive deployment of Agility throughout the organization.
 
The range of courses offered is an answer to all those who are challenged by Agility or by the development of efficient and quality software. The team of trainers is composed of professional and experienced developers who live Agile software development on a daily basis and who appreciate all its benefits.

In 2005, the Agile Community of Quebec was born. Pyxis will be very involved in the creation of this community and will also be very present during the following years.
 
During the first edition of the Agile Tour Quebec, François Beauregard will be the keynote speaker and gave his conference «Introduction au développement AGILE : interprétations, défis et avantages». Today, the Agile Québec community has more that 2200 members and over 1000 participants during the Agiles Tours Quebec.
 
With more and more mandates in Quebec City, Pyxis and Agility travel and are now present in the capital’s companies.
 

The origin of the word Pyxis, is in fact the constellation of the Compass, a small constellation in the southern sky visible in the southern hemisphere.
 
For the 3 founders of Pyxis, the compass represented a simple and precise instrument. The constellation evoked the willingness to go above and beyond.

Pyxis has been developing products related to Agile software development for a while.
 
The Green products, GreenPepper and GreenHopper, are essentially tools that accelerate software development through testing, communication between the team and the client, and monitoring of Agile projects.
 
Pyxis is convinced that the development of these applications is a must and will facilitate the integration of Agile methods in teams that wish to integrate Agility in their practices.

In the fall of 2008, a new version of the website is created and the Pyxis logo will evolve with the introduction of the “edgy” (man).
 
The design is inspired by more organic symbols like the bamboo and the new logo refers to the human being. More than ever, Pyxis is convinced that change comes through the human being at the center of success.
 
Coaching and training are put forward and take more and more space in order to meet the growing demand and will to apply Agile VALUES in Quebec and European companies.
 
Pyxis attracts a lot of interest. Many trainers, coaches and developers want to work for Pyxis and the company is forced to expand its Laval offices.

The formula worked for Jira, so let’s do it for Microsoft©!
 
This was the birth of the Agile project management application, but for developers on Microsoft©’s “Team Foundation Server”.
 
Developers are busy creating this tool to meet the needs of teams developing in .NET. Still today, the tool is available on www.urbanturtle.com
 
This allows Pyxis developers to work on the creation of a product to keep the “hand” in the code, and through the coaching mandates at the customers, to know the management needs of IT teams and to adapt the Urban Turtle© tool. That’s Agile!

Reaching the 10-year milestone for a company is no small achievement. So, we celebrate with employees, partners, customers and family.
 
Pyxis will take the time to thank all those who make a difference in the IT market. Pyxis will start to make a shift towards entrepreneurs who, just like François and the leaders of the time, want change to come through management and leadership.

In May 2011, the idea of a Pyxis franchise in Switzerland was born. Gaël, originally from Switzerland and a junior developer at Pyxis at the the time, wrote business plan with François Beauregard and Christian Lapointe.
When the compnay had to restructure, Gaël and Christian decided to conquer new markets in Europe and to export the Pyxis Technologies brand by opening an office in Switzerland.

Around 2014- 2015, the story of Pyxis is quite peculiar. True to form, Pyxis continued its exploration of innovative organizational models, heavily influenced by the beliefs of its leaders. Here are some highlights of its history from 2015 to today:

In 2020, Pyxis Studio changes its name to Done Technologies and gets its own identity. This change marks the end of a long period of questioning, difficult discussions and questioning the relevance of having these several services under the same banner.