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Data management plans (DMPs) are ideally compiled as part of proposal preparation. Your proposal includes the most of the information you need to write your DMP. With the DMP, all questions about data management, and its documentation are planned before the project starts. In this way, many problems can be avoided during the project period, and more efficient work is possible. Precise documentation and the establishment of rules regarding data management make your results reliable, and reusable for others. But a DMP is not only created at the beginning of a project, it is a living document, and it is recommended to return to it at every phase of your project to ensure a seamless data documentation and management.
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