In Canada the long-awaited Tri-Agency policy on Research Data Management was finally released in early 2021. This policy is being rolled out in stages and is starting to require that applications for research funding that include data collection incorporate data management plans (DMPs). As DMPs have not previously been required in most Canadian funding calls, researchers and institutions supporting them are naturally apprehensive about these requirements. At Western University, a library-led working group including representatives from across the institution formed to consider these issues. The group also included members from research ethics, research development, IT, faculty and university administration. The need to support researchers in writing DMPs was recognized as an initial priority. Canada’s DMP Assistant, adapted from the Digital Curation Centre’s (DCC) DMP Online tool, provides a solution for helping novices write data management plans that meet the new requirements. The DMP Assistant walks researchers through a series of questions and provides guidance for answering them. While the group approved of the tool in principle, we felt that many of the questions were redundant or confusing, the way the questions were worded assumed a level of knowledge that many faculty members would not have, and that the guidance supplied was too general. Fortunately, the DMP Assistant allows the creation of custom templates with institution-specific guidance and questions, and the group decided to modify the default template to counter the issues that we saw. This session will discuss the differing perspectives the members of the group brought to this discussion, some of the issues raised with the existing templates, and the choices we made in coming up with a simplified template. We will also share responses from faculty who beta-tested the customized tool.