IA strategy is the set of activities required to create an environment for information architecture practice to flourish, including: - deep analysis rooted in business and customer needs; - planning activities throughout the business, technology, and design skill stacks; - tactical IA resource alignment (such as developing targeted taxonomies and information organization schemes that the overall IA strategy can plug in to); - and so on... This generally means working within an enterprise or on a large project, but may also include broader strategy activities that connect organizations.