What is Strategy After All?
Written for Who: Developers
Written Why: Your manager talks about strategy all the time. You are not sure you know what they are talking about. Furthermore you are not sure they know what they are talking about.
Can not have a strategy with out an objective.
Can not have a strategy is linked to your identity.
Can not have a strategy is linked to positioning.
Strategy decisions should require a trade-off. No trade off then it was not strategic.
Stragegy should be amplified by your organizational activities.
One Man’s strategy is often predetermined by his leader’s tactics.
Boss:
StrageyA
- Tactic1
- Tactic2
- Tactic3
- Manager:
- Strategy1
- Tactic i
- Tactic ii
- Tactic iii
- TeamMember
- Strategy i
- Tactic a
- Tactic a
- Tactic c
Strategy is often used as a lofty replacement for “making plans.” Similar to how many people “leverage” their skills and others “use” their skills, “strategy” has recently entered the realm of commonplace.
Strategy is the practice of sacrificing something in efforts of focusing on a singular purpose or objective.
Efficiency is not a strategy.
Efficiency is not even a competency.
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