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In the planning process How does Tactical plans differ from Strategic Plans?

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Question added by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.
Date Posted: 2014/12/02
Mohammed Asim Nehal
by Mohammed Asim Nehal , M Asim Nehal & Co , Chartered Accountants

Strategic planning is long term planning whereas the tactical planning is short term and specific to the task in hand.

hossam azzam
by hossam azzam , Fast food restaurant,s manager. , alexandria-egypt

Thanks for the invitation

Very good question

Strategic plans are long-term plans & more comprehensive to work as a

whole, which is designed to build upon the long-term approach & is the identification

of all kinds of goals required to accurately work on long-term...

While

technically plans are operational plans & rely on inventory all work

on the project resource requirements of various kinds as well as draw a plan

for each management unit in action..

Muhammad Usman Tariq
by Muhammad Usman Tariq , Visiting Faculty , National University of Science and Technology

Tactical plans are to mitigate problems and strategy are to prevent and generate business. One is short term and other is long term. In planning process, working for the operations to be streamlined is strategy and preventing operations during processing is tactical. 

Denys Gromov
by Denys Gromov , Sales manager , Brilliant Lighting LLC

Strategic plan - a large-scale, long-term plan that ensures victory, a tactical plan specifies exactly who, what and where should deliver and what he should do.

Michael Finner
by Michael Finner , BPM Technical Writer , Belcan

I like all the answers here, I'd say that strategic plans define long term goals and approaches, while tactical plans are for immediate objectives.

Raafat Sallam
by Raafat Sallam , Organizational Development and Training Consultant , Training Centers, Marketing Organizations.

Tactical plans related to middle management to represent a link between top management and executives.Strategic plan are related top management to handle the main objectives and transfer vision to the lower levels

Rahul Deo Gupta
by Rahul Deo Gupta , Executive Director of EPMO , Boutique Group

Tactical plans are basically the initiatives taken to achieve the Strategic Objectives. They are time-bound projects.

Strategy Objectives KPIs - Measures - Initiatives

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