What tools are available to help me create my DMP? [130]

The USGS Data Management website provides guidance on developing DMPs and understanding data management best practices.  The Data Management Planning Considerations Checklist can be used to help ensure that all issues that may affect your data have been addressed in your DMP. Additionally, the USGS has partnered with the DMPTool to develop a DMP template. The DMPTool is a free, web-based application that is also used by several Federal agencies including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The tool presents each section of a DMP and allows you to save, preview, and export your plans as well as share your DMPs with collaborators.