# plan (strategic)

a design that orders actions in time to reach a goal

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [design](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-design.plan), [action](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-action.deed), [goal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-goal.purpose), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [order](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-order.arrangement), [reach](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-reach.spatial)

**Through:** The design arranges actions over time so that they can achieve the goal.

**Novel properties:**
- temporal sequence of actions
- directed progression toward a future state
- structured path from present to goal

## Examples
- NASA's Voyager 1 mission launched in 1977 with a trajectory to use Jupiter's gravity to reach Saturn by 1980. *(engineering)*
- The Marshall Plan delivered $13 billion in aid to rebuild Western European economies between 1948 and 1951. *(institutions)*
- A honeybee colony regulates foraging trips to optimize nectar collection based on daylight and flower cycles. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [schedule](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-schedule.time) (L14)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-plan.strategic*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-plan.strategic.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*