Is It Time for a Check-up?

Check to see if you have missing pieces of information scattered throughout your operation. A healthy database environment should have all the needed data in one central location acting as the data warehouse — the heart of the organization.

4. How much data do you have?
In most cases, a multitude of databases exist simultaneously and are scattered throughout the organization. These run the gamut from off-the-shelf software to custom-built fundraising systems, to assorted data in other departments and from information stored in shoeboxes, closets, desk drawers and Excel spreadsheets, to data collected by your chapters throughout the country.