JISC

To help assess future sustainability, RDMI (Research Data Management Infrastructure) projects will provide examples of how universities may make effective, reasoned and costed decisions concerning the implementation of data management policies and infrastructure.

Aims and objectives

The role of this consultancy is to: 

• Provide projects with methodologies such as the Keeping Research Data Safe2 activity-based cost model
• Pull together and share projects’ learning on the application of these methodologies and their analyses of the costs and benefits of their approaches to research data curation

Project methodology

Charles Beagrie will contribute: 

• Expertise in business planning, and developing funding and organisational models
• Relevant previous experience including business planning and cost modelling studies for research data services
• Extensive knowledge of the Keeping Research Data Safe activity cost model and its application to cost/benefit studies

Anticipated outputs and outcomes

The consultancy will: 

• Prepare a programme guide on cost/benefit analyses for research data
• Contribute to two programme meetings (in November 2009 and May 2010)
• Undertake 7 site visits to support projects
• Moderate and write-up a workshop on costs/benefits with projects in late 2010 or early 2011
• Write a report with a summation and analysis of cost/benefit work by the projects