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A DMP can also facilitate and harmonise the coordination and shared use of data by multiple project partners, as well as improve knowledge management (even when staff change). A DMP provides the project team with an overview and control of the data, its use and storage, and all data management activities, enabling process optimisation and facilitating organisation and work. A DMP will also help you to establish project-wide standards and a common vocabulary. It will also allow you to keep track of data by knowing where it is stored during and after the project, making it easily retrievable and reducing the risk of data duplication and loss (some data, such as excavation data and textual annotations, are not reproducible) due to technical or human error. Finally, writing a DMP gives you a clear organisation of the data and its handling, which helps you to understand your own data (e.g. through documentation) and makes your work more efficient.

## Further benefits
DMPs offer other benefits, such as enabling verification and control: researchers are accountable for how their data are managed during their research project. They also help to identify - and potentially minimise - time and money costs that need to be included in the proposal, such as for RDM activities. They also help to comply with Good Research Practice (GRP), support research integrity and ensure that ethical and legal requirements are met. DMPs also help to meet institutional and funder requirements: funding agencies increasingly require information on the management of research data, and a DMP allows you to structure and formalise this information. Last but not least, DMPs facilitate data reuse, thereby increasing data citation and advancing scientific progress.
DMPs offer other benefits, such as enabling verification and control: researchers are accountable for how their data are managed during their research project. They also help to identify - and potentially minimise - time and money costs that need to be included in the proposal, such as for Research Data Management (RDM) activities. They also help to comply with Good Research Practice (GRP), support research integrity and ensure that ethical and legal requirements are met. DMPs also help to meet institutional and funder requirements: funding agencies increasingly require information on the management of research data, and a DMP allows you to structure and formalise this information. Last but not least, DMPs facilitate data reuse, thereby increasing data citation and advancing scientific progress.

# Writing a DMP

## Who is involved in the creation of the DMP?
Entities involved in the creation of a DMP are researchers, RDM staff (check your institution's [research data policy](https://www.forschungsdaten.org/index.php/Forschungsdaten-Policies) and ask for [local support](https://www.forschungsdaten.org/index.php/FDM-Kontakte)) and central infrastructure (e.g. computer centre, library).

## When to set up a DMP?
A DMP can be set up before the project starts or at the beginning of the project. Ensure that there are no inconsistencies with time and cost schedules.
A DMP can be set up before the project starts or at the beginning of the project.

## Length & level of details
The length of a DMP can vary from a few paragraphs to several pages (about 2 to 15 pages). It is better to be realistic; be as informative as possible and as detailed as necessary. At the beginning of the research project (e.g. when you have to submit your DMP together with the proposal), the DMP is quite short and provides basic information. As the project progresses, the DMP contains more and more information, the answers become more detailed and the functions of the DMP increase until it becomes a project management tool.
The length of a DMP can vary from a few paragraphs to several pages (about 2 to 15 pages). It is better to be realistic; be as informative as possible and as detailed as necessary. At the beginning of the research project (e.g. when you have to submit your DMP together with the proposal), the DMP is quite short and provides basic information. As the project progresses, the DMP contains more and more information, the answers become more detailed and the functions of the DMP increase.

## DMP quality check
A good DMP is well structured and distinguishes between actions to be taken during and after the project. It is a living document that needs to be updated regularly and is for the use of all project stakeholders. It should be started as early as possible, be as concise as possible, as long as necessary, and contain sufficient detail without being redundant. Ideally, the DMP will be published with the research data at the end of the project.
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