Tactical planning is done on a fixed schedule. Strategic planning is more heavily weighted with subjective values. The range of alternatives amongst which choice is made is greater in strategic planning. Uncertainty is much greater in strategic planning. The problems confronted by strategic planning are unstructured and usually unique in contrast to those of tactical planning where they tend to be of a repetitive nature.
Strategic planning requires much larger amounts of information.
Strategic planning usually covers a much longer time period. Strategic planning tends to encompass the entire scope of activity of an organization in contrast to tactical planning which concentrates on some aspect of that activity. Strategic planning constitutes the point of reference or framework for other planning, especially tactical planning. Strategic planning tend to be broad in scope in contrast to the detailed formulation of tactical planning. Strategic planning tends to involve only the elite of the organization whereas many are involved in tactical planning.