Objectives

Key Points

Keeping records

  • Identify the pros and cons with analogue vs. digital notes

  • Adopt good practices for data analysis documentation

Organising files and folders

  • Understand what impact file organisation can have on a project or working group

  • Adopt good practices for naming and organising files

  • Design naming conventions for a project or working group

Spreadsheet data

  • Understand what to consider when using spreadsheets in a project or working group

  • Adopt good practices for structuring tabular data in spreadsheets

File structure in practice

  • Understand how a structured file system increases FAIRness of your data

  • Understand the problems of mixing file and folder standards