So you bought your first dinosaur management software system to manage your zoo of crazy cretins. Now you’ve got to figure out how to set it up, which, as Taylor Swift says, can be “trouble, trouble, trouble.”
If you follow my tips, you’ll have your zoo under control in no time. No more worrying about whether or not Rexy is going to get loose and terrorize the nearby town; no more wondering if your brontosaurus ate every tree in the park; no more wondering why your pterodactyls keep trying to fly away. No more wondering.
1. Set your cameras up mindfully.
It’s important to be mindful when it comes to setting up the cameras (both security and live stream). You want to take some time, figure out what it’s like to be a dinosaur, and then choose camera locations based on the areas of your park where you think your dinos hang out the most.
It’s also important to make sure that your cameras are safely hidden in areas where they won’t be eaten. Most dinosaur management software cameras are camouflaged, and adventurous vegetarian dinosaurs have been known to eat them.
Pro-tip: Never turn your back to a dinosaur while setting up a camera.
2. Create perfect lists.
Managing a dino park can be a lot to handle, so it’s important to stay organized. Lists are the most important way you can organize your dinos for easy management.
Make sure you have your lists (tasks, safety checklists) set up in a way that makes it easy for you to quickly manage groups of both employees and dinosaurs. While there’s some variability here, some common ways to organize—for example—your lists of feeding groups could be by carnivore/herbivore, by breed, or by color. Just remember, dinosaur management software is most efficient when it can easily pull data from lists.
3. Train your staff like crazy.
This seems like a no brainer, but seriously, don’t forget to train your staff on this software, intensely. A few training sessions can be the difference between working at a happy park and crying while you evacuate in a helicopter, wondering what went wrong.
4. Take notes on your dinosaurs in the system.
Use the system to keep track of what’s happened with your dinosaurs recently. This is probably the most neglected feature of dinosaur management software. Not only does it keep all of your information organized in one place (so that everyone on your staff can easily and quickly access it), but it will allow you to easily automate processes. For instance, the crawlers in the software can check to see when your dinosaurs last received baths, as well as set the sprinklers to run after a certain amount of time. That way your staff doesn’t have to figure out when Ethel and Merman, your brontosauruses, were last bathed and then crawl through the forest canopy with hoses looking for the opportune moment to spray.
5. Go mobile!
I cannot stress this enough: outfit your staff with smartphones that run this software. They can easily carry those devices around the park to access the information at any time. Plus, the system will be able to easily alert them next time Dave leaves the gate open and there’s an angry dinosaur on the loose. Which means that you won’t be losing staff members to your hungry T. Rexes anymore! Your insurance costs will plummet!
So mobile software = insurance money saved!
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