Glossary ordered by topics for CDOs
Relevant terms for Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) ordered by topics in this glossary.
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Table Of Contents
- Glossary ordered by topics for CDOs
- BusinessTech
- 3D printing
- 4.0
- Anything as a Service (XAAS)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Big Data
- Business
- Business Model Canvas
- Cloud
- Cryptocurrencies
- CxO
- Cyber Security
- Data storage
- Digital Architecture
- Digital Health
- Digital Infrastructure
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Mindset
- Digital Processes
- Digital Sales
- End-to-End
- External Digitalization
- Fintech
- Hardware
- Internal Digitalization
- Internet
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IT Service Management (ITSM)
- Line of Business (LOB)
- Logistics 4.0
- Maker
- Mobile
- Network Technology
- New Work
- RegTech
- RetailTech
- Scrum
- Social Media
- Software
- Software development
- Software testing
- Startup
- Usability
BusinessTech
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Classical industries are affected by the disruptive upheaval. This means that companies have to change into technology companies. This change of business in tech describes BusinessTech. These are often compound words from the classic industry + tech. For example Finance + Tech = Fintech.
See also (glossary BusinessTech):
- BusinessTech
- ChemTech
- EdTech
- FashionTech
- FinTech
- FoodTech
- HealthTech
- InsurTech
- LegalTech
- MadTech
- PropTech
- RegTech
- RetailTech
- TelcoTech
- TravelTech
3D printing
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?3D printing is on its way to disrupt the classic hardware companies. Sooner or later, 3D printing will take a large share of the world market. Today it is often used in very special situations. In the aircraft industry, 3D printing is used very intensively. One of the reasons is that it is cheaper to print a special hardware part than to create and deliver it in an old-fashioned way. In addition, spare parts may only be needed in very small quantities. 3D printers are ideal for this because no large ordering processes, production processes (such as changeover times, etc.) and delivery processes are required.
See also (glossary 3D ):
4.0
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Classical industries are affected by the disruptive upheaval. This means that companies have to change into technology companies. This change of business in tech describes BusinessTech. These are often compound words from the classic industry + tech. For example Finance + Tech = Fintech.
See also (glossary 4.0):
- 4.0
- Business 4.0
- Banking 4.0/ Smart Banking
- Industry 4.0 / Smart Factory
- City 4.0 / Smart City
- Maintenance 4.0 / Smart Maintenance
- New Work / Work 4.0
- Smart Construction / Construction 4.0
- Smart Clothes / Textile 4.0
- Smart Farming / Farming 4.0
- Smart Garden
- Smart Grid
- Smart Living / Smart Home / Living 4.0
- Logistics 4.0
Anything as a Service (XAAS)
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?As part of external digitization, products and services are offered internally and externally in the form of a business service. This actually turns everything into a service. This is the term XAAS. X as variable placeholder, AAS in the form of as-a-service. Software is thus offered as SAAS: Software + AAS = SAAS.
See also (glossary Anything as a Service (XAAS)):
- Anything as a Service (XAAS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)
- Lab as a Service (LAAS)
- Platform as a Service (PAAS)
- Software as a Service (SAAS)
- Workplace as a Service (WAAS)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Artificial Intelligence (short: AI) is revolutioning all knowledge businesses. The spectrum ranges from RPA, ML, Autonomous Driving, Medicine 4.0, etc. . That is the reason why it is important to a Chief Digital Officers (CDO).
See also: See also (glossary Artificial Intelligence (AI)):
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
- Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI)
- Deepfake
- Machine Learning (ML)
Big Data
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Big Data is one of the pillars of the digital revolution. Data is the new oil. That is the reason why it is important to a Chief Digital Officers (CDO).
See also (glossary Big Data):
Business
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The foundation of any organization is business.
See also (glossary Business):
- Business
- Balanced Scorecard
- Business-to-Business (B2B)
- Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
- Human-to-Human (H2H)
- Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT)
- Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
Business Model Canvas
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The business model canvas is the de-facto standard for business models, especially in the digital world. That is why it is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Business Model Canvas):
- Business Model Canvas
- Business Model
- Business Model Canvas: Channels
- Business Model Canvas: Cost structure
- Business Model Canvas: Customer relationships
- Business Model Canvas: Customer segments
- Business Model Canvas: Key activities
- Business Model Canvas: Key partners
- Business Model Canvas: Key resources
- Business Model Canvas: Revenue streams
- Business Model Canvas: Value propositions
Cloud
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Cloud is one of the pillars of the digital revolution. Business and IT services can be provided very easliy by this. That is the reason why it is important to a Chief Digital Officers (CDO).
See also (glossary Cloud):
Cryptocurrencies
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Cryptocurrencies (short: Crypto or Cryptos) are getting more and more important. Because based on tokenization, every asset can be part of a distributed ledger. And therefore digitalized. That is the reason why it is important to a Chief Digital Officers (CDO).
See also: See also (glossary Cryptocurrency):
- Cryptocurrency
- Airdrop
- Altcoin
- Bitcoin
- Bitcoin Minder Hardware
- Blockchain
- Decentralized Application (DApp)
- Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
- Ethereum
- Crypto-market
- Initial Bounty Offering (IBO)
- Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
- IOTA
- Miner
- Mining
- Poolmining
- Tangle
CxO
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Chief Digital Officer (CDO) are - despite current New Work efforts - still part of a (hierarchical) enterprise organization. There are different areas of work at C-level (CxO). The CDO must come to agreements with these.
See also (glossary CxO):
- CxO
- Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO)
- Chief Business Transformation Officer (CBTO)
- Chief Development Officer (CDO)
- Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
- Chief Disruption Officer (CDO)
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Chief Innovation Officer (CInO)
- Chief Operation Officer (COO)
- Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Cyber Security
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Cyber security is one of the most important topics for IT responsibles. Despite the fact that the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is not responsible for this, he should be involved by the Chief Information Officer (CIO) into these topics.
See also (glossary Cyber security):
- Cyber security
- Botnet
- Bug
- Bug Bounty
- Computer virus
- Cracker
- Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS)
- Doxxing
- Hackback
- Hacker
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Single Sign On (SSO)
Data storage
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Data storage is also important - even in times of cloud computing. For one thing, they are built into the cloud servers. On the other hand, there are laptops and other hardware for which you need local data storage. That's why this is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Data storage)):
Digital Architecture
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?As a Chief Digital Officer (CDO) it is elementary to manage the digital architecture.
See also (glossary Digital Architecture):
- Digital Architecture
- Enterprise Architecture (EA)
- Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Microservice
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Digital Health
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?This topic is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO) in healthcare, HealthTech, life sciences, etc. . Maybe CDOs in other industries can be inspired.
See also (glossary Digital Health):
- Digital Health
- HealthTech
- Medicine 4.0
- Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT)
- Smart Healthcare
Digital Infrastructure
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The digital infrastructure ist the basis of a all digital solution. This is the reason why this is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO). See also (glossary Digital Infrastructure):
Digital Marketing
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Some Chief Digital Officer (CDO) are very marketing oriented. Or the company they are working for see the digital world more in a marketing point of view (I guess this is the reason why many online marketing agencies call themselves now digital agencies). Sometimes the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is the CDO, too.
See also (glossary Digital Marketing):
- Digital Marketing
- 4 P's
- Below-the-line-marketing
- Blog
- Blogger
- Blogparade
- Blogroll
- Buzz Marketing
- Call to Action
- Content marketing
- Marketing Automation
- Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Digital Mindset
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The Digital Mindset is the basis of every digitization. In principle, the rules of the game are completely different from those in the industrial world. Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) definitely need this mindset and must distribute it throughout the organization.
See also (glossary Digital Mindset)):
- Digital Mindset
- Digitalization barometer
- Digitalization index
- Digital Leadership
- Digital Native
- Gamification
- Hackathon
- Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity (VUCA)
Digital Processes
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Digital processes are needed to implement internal digitalization. For this reason the topic is very important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO). With the help of digital processes the company becomes more agile and changes in strategy, organization, architecture, etc. are much easier to implement. See also (glossary Digital Processes):
- Digital processes
- Architecture of integrated information systems (ARIS)
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Unified Modelling Language (UML)
Digital Sales
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?In order to make a profitable business, it is essentiell to sell something in most business models. Sales is challenging big changes in the digital world. This is the reason why the topic is interesting to Chief Digital Officers (CDOs).
See also (glossary Digital Sales):
End-to-End
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?End-to-end processes (E2E) are the operational foundation of any company. In order to be able to design them, modelling and management are essential. Accordingly, trade and manufacturing industries have different requirements for Level 1 processes. The most common processes can be found here in the glossary.
See also (glossary End-to-End processes (E2E)):
- End to End process (E2E)
- Account to Report (A2R)
- Architecture of integrated information systems (ARIS)
- Digital processes
- Forecast to Plan (F2P)
- Manage to Activate (M2A)
- Order to Cash (O2C)
- Plan to Produce (PL2P)
- Project to Decomission (P2D)
- Purchase to Pay (P2P)
External Digitalization
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The external digitalization is very important, because it will change the business model of a company. And here the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) comes into the game. Because he should be responsible to disrupt the current business models.
See also (glossary External Digitalization):
- External Digitalization
- Accelerator
- BusinessTech
- Business Model
- Digital Hub
- Digital Mindset
- Disruption
- Ecosystem
- Game Changer
- Incubator
Fintech
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Fintech revolutionizes the financial world. That's why it is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Fintech)):
Hardware
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Well, one of the foundations of digitalization are the devices. So classical computer hardware is also a topic for Chief Digital Officers (CDOs). Especially in regards to enable the analogue world to the digital world. This may happen in terms of Wearable, IOT, etc. .
See also (glossary Hardware):
Internal Digitalization
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Refers to the digitization of internal company structures and processes. Here, the digitization of the company's own product and service chain is at the forefront.
This is about answering the questions:
- How can I increase my productivity through even more digital processes?
- How can I increase my productivity through even more digital processes?
- How can I achieve faster results through even more digitalisation in the company?
- Internal Digitalization
- Digital Strategy
- Digital Architecture
- Digital Factory
- Digital Governance
- Digital Organization
- Digital Processes
- Digital Transformation
Internet
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The Internet is one of the most important foundations of the Digital Revolution. That is why knowledge is elementary for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Internet):
- Internet
- Browser
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Telnet
- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
- World Wide Web (WWW)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the drivers of digitalization. Smart devices can be found everywhere. With the help of these, e.g. productions can be even more efficient and automated. Cyber-physical systems form the basis of industry 4.0. In addition, companies can make their products smart and participate in IoT. New business models can be developed. The Chief Digital Officer (CDO) in particular is being made responsible for this, or at least that is what they are there for.
See also (glossary Internet of Things (IOT)):
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP)
- Digital Twin
- Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
- Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
IT Service Management (ITSM)
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?IT operations, whether cloud or other technologies, must be managed. This is where IT Service Management has established itself. However, it is primarily a topic for CIOs, i.e. classic IT. Sometimes, however, responsibility is also transferred to the Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Or at the very least, a CDO should at least know the topic.
See also (glossary IT Service Management (ITSM)):
Line of Business (LOB)
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?According to Porter, Lines of Business (LoB) are the standard for structuring companies and their areas of responsibility. Examples are Sales, HR, Logistics, Production, etc. Therefore this is elementary for Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Often so-called silos or silodenks are formed, i.e. the departments do not think cross-company or cross-process. With the help of end-to-end processes, this can be broken down. In addition, the agile approach offers many possibilities to break up companies and their business areas in their silo thinking.
See also (glossary Line of Business (LOB)):
- Line of Business (LOB)
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Sales
- Human Resources (HR)
- Human Resource Management (HRM)
- Marketing
- Sales
Logistics 4.0
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Many classical companies are hardware companies. In order to be prepared before the Digital Tsunami, it is important to have a efficient supply chain. Additionally, digital businesses are doing drop shipments and compete with disruptors like Amazon. This is why this topic is important to a Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Logistics 4.0):
Maker
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The maker scene offers new approaches. Chief Digital Officers (CDO) can find inspiration here.
See also (glossary Maker):
Mobile
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Mobile is one of the pillars of the digital revolution. Many companies follow the Mobile First strategy. This means that software is created primarily for mobile devices. For this reason, this is important for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Mobile):
Network Technology
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?In order to interconnect to the (internet) world, network technology is essentiell. It is needed as a foundation of the digital infrastructure. This is the reason why the topics is interesting to Chief Digital Officers (CDOs).
See also (glossary Network Technology):
- Network Technology
- Bluetooth
- Local Area Network (LAN)
- Near Field Communication (NAT)
- Network Address Translation (NFC)
- Network
- Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT)
- Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
New Work
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?New work is the new way to work in a digital world. This is the reason why it is important to Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary New Work):
RegTech
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Regulations in the digital age should be ideally automized. In order to achive this, regulation uses technology. Therefore regulation + technology becomes RegTech. So RegTech can improve the life of a Chief Digital Officer (CDO) very much.
See also (glossary RegTech)):
RetailTech
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?With e-commerce, the digitalization of trade was started at the end of the 90s of the last century. For this reason, this is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO), especially from the retail sector. However, it can also be interesting for CDOs from other industries. After all, the sale of products and services is a fundamental part of companies.
See also (glossary RetailTech)):
Scrum
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Scrum is a form of agile business. Today, many agree that digitalization only works agilely in companies. Many New Work followers also see it this way. For this reason Scrum is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO) to know. A wide variety of startups have also developed special adaptions (e.g. Spotify). For corporates there are also special adaptations of the Scrum Model (e.g. SAFe), so that you can work fast and structured agile. Because often there are large resistances in traditional structures. Perhaps these approaches can help to break up encrusted structures and transform the company into an agile startup. This can free up a lot of energy. However, this should go hand in hand with sensible change management. Otherwise there is a great danger that agile will become chaos.
See also (glossary Scrum):
- Scrum
- Agile
- Agility
- Agile Manifesto
- Chapter
- Epic
- Daily
- Definition of Done (DoD)
- Definition of Ready (DoR)
- Epic
- Grooming
- Guild
- Impediment
- Increment
- Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable (INVEST)
- Iteration
- Product Backlog
- Product Backlog Item
- Product Increment
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
- Squad
- Retrospective
- Sprint
- Sprint Backlog
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Review
- Task
- Tribe
- User Story
Social Media
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Social media is virtually a no-brainer for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO). This is one of the standards for digital marketing.
See also (glossary Social Media):
Software
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?"Software eats the world." Software is the basis of the digital world. That's why it is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Software)):
Software development
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Many topics of software development used to be purely technical. In the context of digitization, concepts and methods are now arriving in business. In the meantime, these have become the drivers of the business.
See also (glossary Software Development):
- Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP)
- Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
- C (programming language)
- DevOps
- Extreme programming (XP)
- Free/Libre Open Source Software (FOSS)
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Java
- JavaScript
- Jenkins
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Model View Controller (MVC)
- Object-oriented programming (OOP)
- Software Engineering
- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Extensible markup language (XML)
Software testing
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?The purpose of software testing is to ensure and increase the maturity and quality of a software. In the digital world software is essential. For this reason the topic is interesting for Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Software Testing):
- Software Testing
- A/B-Tests
- Feature Acceptance Test (FAT)
- Ice cream cone
- Integration Test
- International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)
- Smoke Test
- Unit Test
- User Acceptance Test (UAT)
Startup
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Startups are the basis of the disruption. This is why this topic is important to a Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
See also (glossary Startup):
Usability
Why this is interesting for a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)?Usability is a very important product feature in the digital world. Often it is the USP, like the iPhone. That's why the idea of thinking from the design point of view is keyword: Design Thinking. For this reason Scrum is important for Chief Digital Officer (CDO) to know.
See also (glossary Usability):
- Usability
- Customer Experience (CX)
- Customer Experience Managment (CEM)
- Customer Relationship Managment (CRM)
- Digital User Experience (DX)
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- User-centered design
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
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