Building a Data Management Plan
When building a data management plan, some things to consider are:
- Guidelines and expectations from your institution and/or funding agency
- The type of data that will be produced or collected
- Total amount of data
- Version tracking (will you be preserving data at difference stages in your study)
- Backup policies and implementation
- Team access of current data
- Preservation options and requirements
- Organizing and describing the data
- Data access and sharing
- Privacy, consent, intellectual property, and security issues
- Budgeting for data management
DMP Tool
Data management planning can be complicated and overwhelming. DMP Tool is a great resource for finding some guidance on how to store, preserve, and organize your data. You can link the tool up with the guidelines for your institution/granting agency to make sure you are meeting all requirements necessary for your project.
You can find examples of Data Management Plans through the University of Michigans Research Guide or through the Digital Curation Centre.