Library Support Services for RDI

Data Management Plan

Data management always starts with planning. A data management plan should be drawn up as part of the thesis plan whenever research data is collected or produced for the thesis. The student agrees with his/her supervisor in what form the data management plan is made.

Data management planning is important because:

• it serves as a checklist to ensure that the necessary permission and contract matters, research ethics, and data protection and information security have been taken into account in the planning of the thesis.
• the datal remains organised and easy to manage when, for example, storage, processing and description are planned in advance.

Plan templates

There are various plan templates available for data management planning. The student agrees with the thesis supervisor on which plan template to use.

Thesis preparation form

• A plan template designed for the entire thesis planning process. Data management is one part of the plan template.
• Thesis planning form (docx, OMA Intranet)

Data Management Plan in DMPTuuli (coming soon)