AHS CAT SHELTER DATA

MODELDEVELOPMENT AND

IMPLEMANTATION OF A DATA WAREHOUSE

MODEL, WHICH WILL HELP THE

ALASKA HUMANE SOCIETY CAT SHELTER TO

BETTER STORE AND ANALYZE ALL THE DATA

RELATED TO ITS ACTIVITY.

LAUREN

RILEY

PATRICK

McCORMACK

MARIO

RONCADOR

CIS A670APRIL 23, 2015

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

INTRODUCTION

Alaska Humane Society Houses 150 cats Run solely on volunteerism and donations Filing system is still largely paper with some records kept in

Excel Outdated usage of sites such as Petfinder.com and

Facebook to showcase adoptable cats

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

1. PROJECT PLANNING

Business Objectives: Integrated & organized record keeping system Increase Adoption Rate Grow Monetary Donation

Organizational Obstacles: Lack of organization

Ex. volunteer and adoption records Financial instability

Enterprise Business Requirements Low cost (one-time versus subscription) Data easily exported to Excel for use with sites such as

Petfinder.com IT Support Cloud Based (optimally)

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

Finding #1: AHS does not have a working data management system in place.

Recommendation: Create an integrated, organized record keeping system and assign one long-term IT savvy volunteer to maintain the database. Utilize 501(C)3 status to find an aff ordable database solution.

2. CONSOLIDATED FINDINGS

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

Finding #2: AHS current adoption rate is substandard. Recommendation:

Raise overall awareness of individual cats available for adoption by leveraging the database for online sites such as Petfinder.com, where the majority of people looking to adopt a pet start their search.

Make the physical location easier to find by increasing roadside signage. The shelter does not have extensive phone or email communications so it is imperative that potential customers can find the shelter during offi ce hours.

2. CONSOLIDATED FINDINGS

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Finding #3: AHS funding is not stable from year to year.

Recommendation: Instead of relying on one-time donations (the bulk of which

come form Pick.Click.Give), utilize current volunteer experience in grant writing and search for renewable grants that provide a more sustainable funding method for non-profit entities.

Increased funding may allow for a full time paid employee who could maintain the database. This will be imperative to assist in tracking grant management and making sure the shelter is fulfilling the grant requirements.

2. CONSOLIDATED FINDINGS

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Measures

of

Interest

Measures related to the “Cat care and Adoption”:

1. Cats

2. Adoption

3. Health History

4. Vaccination

Measures related to “Facility and Volunteers”:

1. Volunteers

2. Donations

3. Maintenance

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

Data quality ensuring measures

3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING

RELEVANT ATTRIBUTES

DATA STEWARTSHIP ROLES

Completeness

Reliability

Accuracy

Conciseness

Usefulness

Anita Shell

Lauren Riley technical issues

database population

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

Data management has been identified as a key area of importance for AHS

Once the information has been catalogued, volunteers will need to be assigned the task of maintaining the updated database

Overall business objectives such as increased adoptions and donations will be eff ected by their ability to properly maintain and leverage their data

CONCLUSION

AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL

THANK YOU!LaurenPatrickMario