In both the military and business environments careful distinctions are drawn between strategy and tactics. Strategic planning is conducted at a higher level of an organization than tactical planning. Strategic planning is both continuous and irregular in response to non-routine stimuli.
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.