Tactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. This applies specifically to warfare, but also to economics, trade, games and a host of other fields such as negotiation.

Tactics and Strategy are often confused.

• Tactics are the actual means used to gain a goal.
• Strategy is the overall plan.

An example of the difference:

• The overall goal is to enhance your group's power by winning sympathy from people for your cause.
• The strategy is to engage in many conflicts and lose.
• The tactics (told to the combatants) are to do very specific things in a specific place.

See also:

• Military tactics
• Strategy
• Tactical voting
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance