title: Going for Gold or Good Enough? Observations on three years of benchmarking with DPC RAM
creators: Jenny Mitcham Paul Wheatley
abstract: The Digital Preservation Coalition’s Rapid Assessment (DPC RAM) was launched at the iPres conference in 2019. This digital preservation maturity model was developed with community input as part of a collaborative project with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The DPC’s hope was that it would be of broad utility to the wider digital preservation community, providing a flexible framework for assessing current capabilities and future goals. This short paper reflects on the three years since the publication of DPC RAM, discussing progress that has been made and lessons that have been learned since it was first launched. Future directions for the maturity model are also articulated.
keywords: maturity modeling assessment benchmarking community