In this event hosted by the Open Science Community Leiden, we will learn more about datamanagement plans from our expert Fieke Schoots. These plans should be written at the start of each project, and are therefore an important aspect of our work — part of our new skill base and a way to guide our projects towards transparency. In this introduction Fieke will tell more about the different sections in a data management plan (DMP) and how these guide us towards FAIR and open data. She will speak about future developments and the benefits of planning in an early stage. As one of the PhD students participating in a data management course stated recently: writing a DMP has made me feel much more in control of my research project.