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Roles and Responsibilities

DEVA Data Management WorkshopDevil’s Hole Pupfish Project

• Projects include many different roles– Principal roles

– Ancillary roles

– Information customers

• For small projects, one person may have many different roles• For larger projects, many persons may be involved in the project• Each project participant needs to understand their roles related

to data management for a project• Important to review these responsibilities during the start-up of a

project (planning and training meetings)

Roles and Responsibilities within a Project(Handout 3-1)

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Data Management Responsibilities(Handout 3-2)

• Project leader has several specific responsibilities– Data collection, data entry, quality assurance, documentation, etc.

• Data manager also has specific responsibilities– Database development, standards, access, training

• Both must work together on some tasks– Design – Maintenance– Sharing– Archiving– Protection

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Information Deliverables Specifications for Research Projects

(Handout 3-3)

• Table provides a list of common deliverables for research projects

• Deliverable checklist helps identify these products• This checklist is very useful when establishing a contract

for outside researchers• As products are sent in from a project, these need to be

reviewed• Table provides a suggested list of individuals who would

be involved in these reviews