I'm a fairly senior PM whose looking to expand my libray and expertise around writing Statements of Work. I lead a PM group in the professional services industry (non DOD), and although I've written more than a few SOWs and SOW templates, I've not had much luck finding formal bodies of literature on the topic. Anyone out there have any ideas. Saving Changes...
I have additionally looked for formal document sources surrounding the topic of SOW creation. It's been my experience that this must be a closely guarded secret for many professional service companies.
I observed that the information contained in many of the statements of work I have written is pretty much a repeat of previous similar efforts. This sent me to the web to see if others had published some help on the topic. The last time I looked early last year I couldn't really find much on the topic. Saving Changes...
There is a good resource on what a SOW is, what should be in it, etc. in the Kerzner book on Project Management. The title of the book is Project Managment, A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, Sixth Edition, by Harold Kerzner, PhD. See Chapter 11.7 and Chapter 24. Saving Changes...
