Who will be responsible for data management?
- Varmo Pilt
Questions to consider:
- Who is responsible for implementing the DMP and ensuring it is reviewed and revised?
- Who will be responsible for each data management activity?
- How will responsibilities be split across partner sites in collaborative research projects?
- Will data ownership and responsibilities for RDM be part of any consortium agreement or contract agreed between partners?
Guidance:
Outline the roles and responsibilities for all activities e.g. data capture, metadata production, data quality, storage and backup, data archiving & data sharing. Consider who will be responsible for ensuring relevant policies will be respected. Individuals should be named where possible.
SAMPLE :
Project PI is responsible for enforcing the implementation of the DMP. However, the overall data collection, including metadata entry, has been shared among senior research staff. Each of them has their own area of responsibility related to the type of experiments they are in charge of and will oversee whether DMP is implemented correctly.
Furthermore, our research group will be entirely responsible for enforcing DMP with a possible collaborative research project.