Overview
A FAIR lesson plan for trainers and educators.
Topic, definition and scope
- How Software Management Plans (SMPs) are related to, but distinct from Data Management Plans (DMPs)
- Contents of an SMP and adapting it to the software
- SMP templates tailored to life science and health research
- Machine-actionable SMPs:
Exercises
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Recommended reading
- Practical guide to Software Management Plans (Martinez-Ortiz et al., 2023)
- Elixir Software Management Plan for Life Sciences (Alves et al., 2021)
- Five minutes to write a Software Management Plan – A machine-actionable approach to simplify the creation of SMPs (Castro et al., 2023)
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CITE THIS LESSON PLAN
Pronk T, Langton S. Software Management Plans. Version 1.0. FAIR Lesson Plan Handbook [Internet]. 2026. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5072/zenodo.627835