Writing Statements of Work: The Heart

of Any Contract Classroom

$1,995 (3 days)
YOU WILL LEARN TO: KEY TOPICS
8:30 a.m.3:30 p.m.
Identify common errors found in inappropriate, confusing or  The Basics of SOWs in Business
misconstrued narratives The essential elements of a contract
Course Code
Basic concepts in contract law
Employ easy techniques and best practice methods that will Categories and types of contracts
PMC-CWN
maintain high quality in your SOW documents Uncertainty and risk in contracting

Conflicts in contracts
Recognize what a breach of contract entails Contract interpretation guidelines

Assist others in critiquing SOWs for quality, clarity and  The Purpose of the SOW
completeness Common elements of a Master Agreement

Relationship between Master

Utilize information on how the courts historically interpret
Agreement and SOW
disputes in contract language according to long-standing Buyer versus seller perspective of the SOW
COURSE
principles Importance of the SOW
SCHEDULE
 The Evolution of the SOW
COURSE SYNOPSIS Determining needs from wants

Leveraging objectives into requirements PDUs: 18

Widely considered the heart of the contract, the Statement of Purpose of the Statement of Objective

Work (SOW) is the foundation of the relationship between buyers CEUs: 1.8
The work breakdown structure (WBS)

and sellers. The purchase or sale of products and services can relationship to requirements and the SOW CPE credits: 21.5
only be executed by skillfully creating the SOW document. This  Preparing for an SOW
course is designed for practical use by requirements developers, SOW outline

Different approaches to SOWs

in-house SOW team members and other project managers and Goals in writing an SOW
On-site delivery available
contract managers whose responsibilities include properly iden- A well-written SOW
under GS-02F-0058P.
tifying needs and turning them into quality contracts. It provides
 Creating the Narrative
the information you need, including basic contract management Initial questions for an SOW

concepts, to consistently develop and administer effective SOWs. Problems associated with poor

writing and poor construction

This course employs challenging team exercises and case studies Guidelines for writing the SOW

that will take you through the process of building a solid state-  Quality Assurance through the
ment of work. First you will start out understanding the relation- Use of the Master Checklist
ship between the Master Agreement and the SOW. Next comes The purpose/rationale of the

the evolution of the SOW and how a Statement of Object (SOO) SOW master checklist

and/or a SOW outline is needed in preparation of the SOW. This is  Changes to a Signed SOW
Administering the contract
followed by breaking down poorly written and constructed SOWs Managing changes to the SOW

and/or sections of SOWs and re-writing them using best practices Constructive SOW changes

and guidelines. After that, the team will build a multi-page SOW How to keep issues and disputes at bay

from scratch. Finally you will learn what needs to occur regarding  Standard Tools Used for
the SOW when there is change in the project that does not meet Preparing Quality SOWs
Standard outline for a typical SOW
the SOW.
SOW template

The skills learned in this practical course can be immediately Checklist for identifying typical problems

applied by anyone involved in writing, negotiating, awarding or or poor or complicated narratives

Master checklist for the SOW writer
administering SOWs.

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