P.E.T.SPrecise Electronic Tracking System

A standardized communication network for a quick and comprehensive recovery in placement of pets

CS410 Red TeamProfessor Janet BrunelleFeasibility Presentation March 18, 2010

Red Team

Or’Sasha BrooksProject Manager

Mark HallFinancial Specialist

Christopher MeirDocumentation

Specialist

John SofranacWeb Developer

Eli LeymanHardware Specialist

Katherine KenyonMarketing Specialist

Adam HeishmanSoftware Specialist

Ralph HornAnimal Control

Officer

Anne WheelerFront Desk

SPCALei

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Best For The Position• Or‘Sasha Brooks - Project Manager

– Leadership Certificate (April 2009), previous management experience, is organized and responsible

• Adam Heishman - Software Specialist- Architecture and design knowledge

• Katherine Kenyon – Marketing Specialist- Quantitative analysis, good research skills

• Mark Hall - Financial Specialist- Great researching skills, good with numbers

• Ely Leyman- Hardware Specialist- Architecture and design knowledge

• John Sofranac -Web Developer-Experience with HTML, CSS

• Christopher Meier - Documentation Specialist- Creative, Experience with CS4

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Societal Problem:

It is difficult to find homes for lost or abandoned pets that end up in animal control facilities or shelters

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Problem Characteristics Defined and Identified

• Pets only held for 11 days with ID (7 Days Without)

• Most pets in shelters never find homes• Lack of standardization between entities

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• Animal Control• SPCA • Humane Society• Pet Owners

Identification of Customer BasePreliminary Customer- Tidewater Region

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Process Flow For Problem in Customer Domain

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P.E.T.SP.E.T.S provides a standardized communicationnetwork for a quick and comprehensive recovery in placement of pets while reducing costs and suffering

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Solution Goals and Objectives

• Increase the number of pets in homes, decrease the number of pet deaths due to euthanasia

• Increase efficiency of animal care entities (i.e. Animal Control & SPCA)

• Education

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Solution modifications to process flow

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Major Functional Diagram

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Identification of Software Development

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Proposed Solution

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What Will the Solution Need to Do?

• Hardware– provide central storage device and a method of

physical access to that storage

• Software– provide a standardized method of storage and

interface to the stored information

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What Hardware and Software Will be Required to Build it?

• Hardware– High speed internet connection to physically

access data– Storage device that can serve simultaneous

requests for access

• Software– Database software that can store and retrieve

information on storage device– Web interface to information stored in database

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What Will the Customer Need in Order to Use this Product?

• Hardware– needs a device with an internet connection

• Software– needs a web browser with support components

used in website

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Description of what proposed solution will not do

• Can’t find pets missing over 1 year• Won’t cost a lot

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Financial Estimates

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P.E.T.S Is The Answer

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Benefits to the Customer base

Pets are reunitedPets are rescued from deathAnimal control save moneySPCA saves moneyEducating the customer base

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Animal Control Benefits

• $1960-2940/year per officer• $58,800-88,200/year per city• Animal tracking• Reduce volume of calls

Based on estimated four to six percent reduction in time dealing with lost animals

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SPCA Benefits• Reduce Overcrowding• Reduce time pets are missing• Saves cost on food supplies and medicine• Reduce demands to staff• Lighten overall paperwork load

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Customer Benefits

• Quick and Easy Pet Retrieval• Fast updating of lost pets to shelters and

Animal Control• Save money on shelter impoundment• Reduce amount of time looking for pets

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Customer Risks

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Technical Risks

• Accidental deletion• Hardware incompatibility• Hacking

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Schedule Risks

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Financial Risks

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Team Collaboration

• Google Groups• Chat• Telephone• Face to Face Meetings

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Reference

Horn, Ralph. Personal Interview; Animal Control Officer, Mathews County Animal Control, Mathews, VA, March 15, 2010.

Wheeler, Anne. Portsmouth Humane Society, Portsmouth, VA. March 16,2010.

N.A. Kris Norfolk SPCA, Norfolk, VA, Foster Care and PetSmart Adoption Coordinator & Veterinary Assistant. March 16, 2010.

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Save the Animals

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