Core Concepts

• What: mission/vision/objective
  • Long-term
  • Overall
  • Organizational
• How: plan/approach
  • Initiatives
  • Resources

Strategy

• plan to achieve a long-term or overall objective (ISO 9000:2015)
• plan to accomplish the organization’s mission and achieve the organization’s vision (ISO 21001:2018)
• organization’s overall plan of development, describing the effective use of resources in support of the organization in its future activities
  Note 1 to entry: involves setting objectives and proposing initiatives for action (ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2017)
• organization’s approach to achieving its objectives (ISO 30400:2016)