Statement of Work Outline

Draft a statement of work outline a lawyer or the client's procurement team can turn into paper. I am not asking you to pretend this is executed legal advice. PARTIES Me: [NAME, ROLE] Client: [NAME] Project name: [NAME] Start and end: [DATES] Fee: [AMOUNT AND SCHEDULE] SECTIONS TO WRITE IN PLAIN LANGUAGE 1) Purpose 2) Scope in, as a numbered list of outputs 3) Scope out 4) Client responsibilities and the turnaround time I need from them (say [N] business days) 5) Acceptance: how they approve a deliverable, and what happens if they go silent 6) Change control: a change is written, priced, and dated before the work 7) Fees, expenses, and late payment 8) IP: who owns the final files after payment, and what I keep (process, prior tools). Flag this section as "confirm with counsel." 9) Confidentiality, one short paragraph 10) Termination for convenience and for breach, and what is owed for work done 11) Warranty of the work: I will fix defects in the deliverable for [N] days. I do not warrant their business results. Mark every place I must fill a number. Do not invent governing law.