DMP
Plan for RDM
We will use the lessons learned to plan for Data Management via the Data Management Plan. At the end of this module you should be able to:
- Recognise the relevance of planning research data management
- Get familiar with the concept of Data Management Plans and their format
- Recognise the value of creating a Data Management Plan
What is a Data Management Plan (DMP)?
What exactly is a data management plan? Watch the video for an introduction to data management plans. (Script adapted from (Holmstrand et al. 2019)).
Why create a Data Management Plan?
Why is it necessary to create a data management plan?
Planning in advance will save time later
Especially when working with confidential and sensitive data, it is important to manage the data according to requirements and best practices.
You can use the Data Management Plan as an agreement between multiple partners (yourself and your supervisor, or your research group and other research groups) on how to manage data.
You can use the DMP as a starting point for a common vocabulary for managing data when you work with multiple disciplines!
What needs to be in a Data Management Plan?
A Data Management Plan should provide information on six main topics.
RDMO (Research Data Management Organiser)
You can use it to write DMPs, organise data management for a project
collaborate with other users (also external)
Versioning
Export and import functions