Glossary ordered by topics for CDOs

Relevant terms for Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) ordered by topics in this glossary.
If a term is missing or you want to contribute, just drop of mail to info@chief-digital-officers.com .

You can find the aphabetical glossary here.

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):

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 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)):

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:

Videos – Artificial Intelligence (AI)

See also (glossary Artificial Intelligence (AI)):

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 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):

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:

Overview of the most important cryptocurrencies

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):

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):

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 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 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 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 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 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):

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)):

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):

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?

See also (glossary Internal Digitalization):

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 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)):

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)):

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):

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):

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):

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

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):

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):

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):

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