An analytics strategy ensures analytics capabilities align with enterprise goals for quality and performance. It identifies gaps and risks to achieve optimal analytics use. Key steps include understanding requirements, identifying gaps and risks, and executing the plan. The strategy should align with other strategies like business intelligence, IT, and quality improvement. It defines how the organization will achieve goals through analytics by providing insight on progress. The quality strategy impacts what data is needed, how it is analyzed, and communicated. Analytics and quality teams must collaborate closely. The strategy also considers necessary data, data management, and attracting analytical talent to achieve objectives.