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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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digital transformation

/ˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.təl ˌtræns.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A standing program whose deliverable is its own continuation. It does not finish; it renews, like a season pass to a process no one owns.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A coordinated change to how an organization operates, using technology to do work that was previously manual, slow, or impossible.

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See also
  • change managementThe workstream that explains the new tool to the people who will still lack the authority the old tool was missing.
  • platform migrationRebuilding every pipeline on the new platform, then keeping the old one running for the four jobs nobody can find.
  • roadmapA map drawn for a vehicle that has not been built, on a road that resets each quarter. Everything important lives just past the visible horizon.