KoKo’s Canine Pet Club CASE BACKGROUND
About a year ago, Christina Magana found herself facing a dilemma. As a result of a chronic
illness, KoKo, her beloved schnauzer, required medication, a special diet, and daily exercise. While the
medication and special diet were easy to accommodate into a busy life style, ensuring that KoKo received
daily exercise was another matter. Although KoKo’s daily exercise usually took the form of a walk
around the neighborhood, Ms. Magana, as a busy executive, had trouble scheduling KoKo’s daily walks.
Ms. Magana’s friend Ian, would walk KoKo on the days when Ms. Magana was extremely busy. Ms
Magana’s friends and neighbors liked the pet walking idea so much that they approached Ms. Magana
and Ian about walking their dogs as well. What began as a neighborhood walking service has now become
a fledgling, yet growing, metropolitan area business. Ms. Magana has hired you to build a simple yet
effective software program for her business. She needs the system to be able to track data about clients,
pets, walkers, and schedules for when the walkers take out the pets.
Although the service was only started six months ago, it currently provides pet walking services
for 350 pets and is registering on average 5 pets per week. Paperwork is increasing and the owner needs a
better record keeping system.
