PROPOSAL Overview
- The SOW (Statement of Work) respond to RFQ's (Request for Quotes) and/or RFP (Request for Proposals).
- An overlapping Venn diagram, combines CREATIVE, CONTENT and TECHNOLOGY to intersect at PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
- Be passionate about your subject or do not do it at all! .
- Download the SOW template and keep the capitalized headings and dashes, then replace the detailed line by line listed information with information relevant to your own project.
- The SOW (Statement Of Work) due responds to requests for estimates and/or work proposals specific to a project's creative aesthetics, informative content, technological criteria and project management.
- A SOW (Statement of Work) itemizes preliminary expectations of a project, communicates otherwise ambiguous details and lends clarity between project OPC's (owners, professionals and contractors).
- SOW's often are submitted to client's as a PROPOSAL or creative brief and should be aligned to legallly binding CONTRACT documentation.
The parts of the SOW include but are not limited to:
The SOW (Statement of Work) due is a deliverable requiring the submission of a pre-formatted, templated project brief. The SOW is a document that indicates your project’s direction and communicates written intent regarding creative, information, technology and a production process.
The approach toward the expected verbiage, structure and file format (File Submit Policy) for a SOW provides and promotes continuity across final project submissions.
Retain the bold, capitalized outline headings but replace each category's descriptive text with precise facts and information relevant to your specific project. Do not modify, add or subtract outline categories.
Be complete line by line, category by category, yet do not submit a document more than one page in length. Fill each of the outline categories across the page by typing almost to the right-most margin with respective and relevant detail. Maintaining proper grammatical sentance structure is not necessary. Clear terminology separated by commas and/or concise statements are preferred.
Precisely follow the file submission/upload, file format and file naming convention as directed (File Submit Policy). ZERO points will be awarded if submitted files have an incorrect placement (wrong Dropbox, are submitted past deadline, are submited in the wrong file format or incorrect file naming scheme; NO exceptions.
This assigment offers 100 points possible (5 Points available for each of 20 categories):
An SOW (Statement Of Work) is a document used in systems development or throughout a project life cycle. The SOW specifies requirements at a very high level. Detailed requirements and pricing are usually specified at a later CONTRACT stage. Areas that are typically addressed by an SOW are as follows:
- Scope of Work, This describes the work to be done in detail and specifies the hardware and software involved and the exact nature of the work to be done.
- Location of Work, This describes where the work is to be performed. This also specifies the location of hardware and software and where people will meet to perform the work.
- Period of Performance, This specifies the allowable time for projects, such as start and finish time, number of hours that can be billed per week or month, where work is to be performed and anything else that relates to scheduling.
- Deliverables Schedule, This part lists the specific deliverables, describing what is due and when.
- Applicable Standards, This describes any industry specific standards that need to be adhered to in fulfilling the contract.
- Acceptance Criteria, This specifies how the buyer or receiver of goods will determine if the product or service is acceptable, what criteria will be used to state the work is acceptable.
- Special Requirements. This specifies any special hardware or software, specialized workforce requirements, such as degrees or certifications for personnel, travel requirements, and anything else not covered in the contract specifics.
There exists knowledge defining just about every aspect of a hammer. There is information available about its size, shape, weight, metallic composition and the material used to form the grip. Chemical compositions, tempered steel, shipping costs, relative value lend to the description. We can evaluate it's design, the curvature, forked pullers, rounded end, indented top, wooden handle milled from pine or oak, stained in demi-gloss satin cherry finish. What matters most, however, is what purpose the hammer serves. Designers do not focus on the fact that a hammer pounds nails. It is considered, rather, a tool to build cabinetry, back porches, model homes, hospitals. The project SOW defines how, when, and where a hammer is to be used. Media, medium, software and hardware are not unlike the hammer.