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title: "Shelter workflow map template"
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3. Shelter workflow map template

Shelter operations resource

# Shelter workflow map template

Put one real workflow on paper before deciding what software should change.

Start with the work as it happens, not the process everyone wishes existed. No shame for messy workflows. That is what the map is for.

[Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow)

01

## Start and finish

- Name the event that starts the workflow.
- Name the observable finish.
- List what falls outside this map.

- **Starts when**
- **Done when**

02

## Sources

- List every source and format.
- Mark where a source is copied or retyped.
- Mark private or sensitive material.

- **Source**
- **System or channel**

03

## Owners and gates

- Assign a person to each next action.
- Separate preparation from approval.
- Name the hold reasons.

- **Owner**
- **Review gate**

04

## Pilot slice

- Circle the smallest repeated handoff.
- Define one measurable operating improvement.
- Keep all other tools in place.

- **Pilot slice**
- **What gets calmer**

## Keep reading

- [the four pilot workflows](https://www.whiskermatch.com/workflows)
- [All shelter workflow resources](https://www.whiskermatch.com/resources)
- [Free printable tools](https://www.whiskermatch.com/tools)

Early access, founder-led

## Keep this with the animal record.

WhiskerMatch is one record per animal that intake, foster, adoption review, and public profiles share. It starts with one workflow, beside the tools you already use, and a person at your organization makes every decision.

$20/month per organization, no seat limits. This is a founder-led early access invitation with no deadline. Writing to ask a question costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

[Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow) [See pricing](https://www.whiskermatch.com/pricing)

Want to look first? [Walk through the guided demo](https://www.whiskermatch.com/demo).

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About WhiskerMatch: WhiskerMatch is workflow software for animal shelters and rescues that keeps one reviewed record per animal across intake, foster care, adoption review and public profiles, with people making every placement and publishing decision.

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