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Tactical Planning and Your Strategic Business Plan

Learn to use tactical planning within a strategic business plan
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Course: On-Demand
Advanced Provider Meredith Kiljan  7 Lessons ·  21m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

Tactical planning and your strategic business plan are important pieces in how you define your business, develop stakeholder strategies, and create attainable action items. Tactical planning can be a long-term solution to managing effective short-term action plans. The planning and timeline to implement tactical planning into your business strategy can involve multiple departments, managers, and executive directors to make sure that everyone agrees on expectations, the strategic vision, and the actionable instructions.

In KnowledgeCity’s course, Tactical Planning and Your Strategic Business Plan, you will learn the basics of tactical planning and how specific action items can achieve short-term goals and align with your strategic business plan. This course also helps you determine the best options for your organization with tactical planning implementation. This course demonstrates ways to create a line between tactical and strategic planning, while having them run separately and simultaneously.

What You'll Learn

  • Discover the principles of strategy, operations, and tactics
  • Understand the difference between tactical planning and strategic planning
  • Determine the best ways to apply tactical planning within the workplace
  • Define how tactical action items can achieve short-term goals while aligning with your strategic business plan
  • Identify the management and executive roles involved in implementing tactical planning

Key Takeaways

  • Tactical planning and a strategic business plan help define your business, develop stakeholder strategies, and create attainable action items.
  • Tactical planning can serve as a long-term solution for managing effective short-term action plans.
  • Implementing tactical planning can involve multiple departments, managers, and executive directors so everyone agrees on expectations, the strategic vision, and actionable instructions.
  • Tactical and strategic planning can be drawn as separate lines that run separately and simultaneously.
  • The course helps you determine the best tactical planning implementation options for your organization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn the basics of tactical planning, how specific action items can achieve short-term goals and align with your strategic business plan, and how to determine the best tactical planning options for your organization. The course also covers the principles of strategy, operations, and tactics, and the difference between tactical and strategic planning.

How does this course distinguish tactical planning from strategic planning?

The course demonstrates ways to create a line between tactical and strategic planning while having them run separately and simultaneously, and it helps you understand the difference between the two.

What topics are covered in the lessons?

Lessons include Introduction; Strategy, Operations, and Tactics; What is Tactical Planning?; Tactical Planning and Strategic Planning; Management and Executive Roles; Considerations; and Test Your Knowledge.

Who is involved in implementing tactical planning?

Implementing tactical planning into your business strategy can involve multiple departments, managers, and executive directors to ensure everyone agrees on expectations, the strategic vision, and the actionable instructions.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
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KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.