4. Manage
4.4 Results and next steps
Overview Introduction Essential data management concepts Resources Results and next steps
When you complete this fourth step of the monitoring wheel, you should have a data system structure/architecture and plan that:
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Effectively supports developing answers to program objectives and questions
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Outlines a procedure and attributes to be used to define the characteristics of the data that will be collected and managed – a metadata plan and specification
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Outlines relationships among different data sets, internal to the program as well as potentially linking to other external programs - data map
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Creates data entry procedures, including key QA/QC provisions to verify and correct data
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Explicitly anticipates key links to support data summary, analysis, reporting and archiving
