Specification vs Strategy

Specification vs Strategy 

What is the difference between a Specification and a Strategy?

Specification

noun

1.

the act of specifying.

2.

Usually, specifications. a detailed description or assessment of requirements, dimensions, materials, etc., as of a proposed building,machine, bridge, etc.

3.

a particular item, aspect, calculation, etc., in such a description.

4.

something specified, as in a bill of particulars; a specified particular,item, or article.

5.

an act of making specific.

6.

the state of having a specific character.

Strategy

NOUN

• 1A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim.

  ‘time to develop a coherent economic strategy’

  mass noun ‘shifts in marketing strategy’
• 2mass noun The art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle.

  ‘he was a genius when it came to military strategy’

  Often contrasted with "tactics" (see tactic)

  1. ‘non-provocative defence strategies
• 2.1count noun A plan for directing overall military operations and movements.

Conclusion

Whilst a a strategy may explain what you are intending to do, a specification will describe how you are going to do it. 


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