strategy

noun3

1. •
   a set of decisions about how to reach a goal, made before the work starts

   • Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.
2. •
   The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.

   • “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …” — 1913
3. •
   The act of strategizing; the development of effective strategies.