THE CIO AND THE DIGITAL THREAD: BECOMING A TRUSTED PARTNER IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
A digital thread is a critical tool used by many CIOs to both digitalize their organizations and to support their own shift to becoming a transformational CIO. A digital thread is the capability that allows teams across the enterprise to follow a product’s digital history and all its related digital assets—from the initial planning and analysis, through design, manufacturing, testing, and on to final sustainment and disposal phases. A digital thread is vital to connecting critical information, resulting in productivity gains, improved response to customer needs, market expansion opportunities, and innovation feedback loops.
