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Tactic Development and Evaluation

Making tactical plans relevant and aligned to your strategic plans
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Course: On-Demand
Advanced Provider Meredith Kiljan  7 Lessons ·  20m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

Tactical planning and your strategic business plan are key elements in defining your business. Having realistic, time-based, and achievable goals, as well as objective and rigorous competencies within strategic planning are essential, but they must be aligned when linking tactics to the strategic plan. Corporate goal management plays an integral part in aligning efforts and collaboration of goals within the organization.

In KnowledgeCity’s course on Tactic Development and Evaluation, you will learn the basics of tactics, strategic goals, and how they can help your organization. These lessons will cover development of specific and measurable tactics and ways to ensure they are achievable, relevant, and timely. This course will also focus on how to link tactics to your strategic plan, and how to evaluate and revise tactics when issues arise, so they remain aligned to your strategic plan.

What You'll Learn

  • Develop specific and measurable tactics for your organization
  • Understand action plans and how to set measurable goals
  • Integrate tactical planning with strategic planning
  • Make tactics achievable, relevant, and timely
  • Link tactics to your strategic plan
  • Evaluate and revise tactics when issues arise

Key Takeaways

  • Tactical planning and the strategic business plan are key elements in defining a business.
  • Realistic, time-based, and achievable goals, along with objective competencies, are essential within strategic planning, but must be aligned when linking tactics to the strategic plan.
  • Corporate goal management plays an integral part in aligning efforts and collaboration of goals within the organization.
  • Tactics should be developed to be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely.
  • Tactics need to be evaluated and revised when issues arise so they remain aligned to the strategic plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

The course covers the basics of tactics and strategic goals, developing specific and measurable tactics, making them achievable, relevant, and timely, linking tactics to your strategic plan, and evaluating and revising tactics when issues arise.

What will I learn about creating tactics?

You will learn to develop specific and measurable tactics, understand action plans and measurable goals, and integrate tactical and strategic planning.

How does this course connect tactics to strategy?

It focuses on how to link tactics to your strategic plan and how to evaluate and revise tactics so they remain aligned to that strategic plan.

What topics are included in the lessons?

Lessons include an Introduction, Tactics and Strategic Goals, Developing Specific and Measurable Tactics, Making Tactics Achievable, Relevant, and Timely, Linking the Tactics to the Strategic Plan, Evaluating and Revising Tactics, and a Test Your Knowledge assessment.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
Ways of WorkingPower SkillsBusiness Acumen

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.