SOW Overview
- The SOW (Statement of Work) formally responds to RFQ's (Request for Quotes/estimates) and/or RFP (Request for Proposals/bids).
- SOW's often are submitted to client's as a PROPOSAL or bid/creative brief and should be aligned with attached or included, legally binding CONTRACT or agreement documentation.
- The SOW (Statement of Work) itemizes preliminary expectations of a project, communicates otherwise ambiguous details and lends clarity between project OPC's (Owner/clients, Professional/architect/designers, and Contractor/builder/developers).
- A Venn diagram overlaps written, itemized intent regarding CREATIVE, CONTENT and TECHNOLOGY, which intersect at PROJECT MANAGEMENT milestones along a chosen recursive PATH or "project lifecyle").
- Be passionate about your project's CONTENT (especially the topic, categories and sub-categories)!
- Download the SOW template and
- Use provided templates XYZ to fill in blanks, considering the piece to be linear.
- The SOW (Statement of Work) due is a deliverable requiring the submission of a pre-formatted, templated project brief that indicates your project’s direction and communicates written intent.
- Be passionate about your subject/topic or do not do it at all!
- The approach toward the expected verbiage, structure and File Submit Policy for a SOW provides and promotes continuity across final project submissions.
- Precisely follow the file submission/upload, format and naming convention as directed in the 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.
- Submit by uploading into this courses designated, specific SOW DROPBOX.
- Create a specific SOW toward one single overall project.
- Copy the following document (bordered below) into a basic text editor.
- It is mandatory to generate (Output, Export, Save As) and submit an SOW as an *.RTF (Rich Text Format) file.
- The SOW outline categories are the bolded, left-justified headings and dashes.
- This assigment offers 100 points possible or 5 Points available for each of these 20 categories.
- Categories are organized into groups: CREATIVE, CONTENT, TECHNOLOGY and PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
- SOW Considerations/Details:
- CREATIVE
- Audience, Mindset
- Demographics - Gender, Age
- Psychographics - Attitude,Wants/Need
- Delight -
- Setting - Consider environment, visuals, landscape, location, inner city, mountainous, under water, etc..
- Setting - Urban, Nature, Water, SpaceSpongeBob's Paisley background...
- Metaphor -
- Conception/Visualization
- Genre/Category - Comedy, Drama, Horror, Adventure, Love Story
- Style - Victorian, Western, Sci Fi, Old Fashioned, Modern Age, New Age, Beatnick, Black/White, High Tech, Moody Blue, Sunny Day
- Backgrounds
- Environmentals (Atmosphere, Sun, Rain, Snow, Fog, Glared)
- Surfaces
- INFORMATION
- What Works/What's Memorable
- Hierarchy
- Navigation Interface
- TECHNICAL
- Define Media and Mediums
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Path (5D's)
- Process?
- Production Schedule and Budget
- Planning Steps
- Pre-Production
- Production
- Post-Production
- Do not modify, add or remove bolded left-justified headings and dashes (these are SOW outline categories).
- Replace the generic details right of dashes, with specific line by line facts relevant to your own project.
- Maintaining proper grammatical sentance structure is not necessary (in fact it is not recommended).
- Be brief, concise and to the point yet fill each line item nearly to the right margin (use all available space).
- Use of clear terminology separated by commas and/or concise statements are preferred.
- Submit an electronic 8.5' x11" document no more than one page in length.
Download and use the following template.
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.
- This is no more a hammer class, than if it was an architectural class in the proper design of a house.