Check whether your SOW actually matches the project you are about to deliver

This is often useful for agencies, consultants, software providers, marketing businesses and other project-based teams that work from Statements of Work as part of their sales or delivery process. It is especially helpful where the SOW controls milestones, acceptance, dependencies, change requests or payment releases, because those points often drive the real commercial outcome of the project. A review can also be valuable where the SOW sits under a master services agreement and you want to check that the two documents line up, rather than creating conflicting obligations or gaps.

Common issues include deliverables that are too vague, milestones that are not linked to measurable acceptance criteria, payment triggers that do not match the work stages, and missing change control wording where scope is likely to shift. We also often see gaps around client dependencies, delay responsibility, intellectual property ownership, service levels, assumptions and termination consequences. Even where the commercial deal makes sense, the drafting can leave too much open to interpretation. The review highlights those pressure points and explains which changes are likely to matter most before signature.

We review the SOW for legal and commercial risk and provide written feedback on the main clauses and omissions that need attention. That usually includes comments on scope, deliverables, timing, milestones, payment mechanics, acceptance wording, variations, IP, liability and any linked issues that affect how the project will run. We also point out where the SOW may not work neatly with related contract documents. Follow-up by email is included for questions about the review. If you want us to rewrite the SOW itself, that would usually be quoted as separate work.

No. Many clients ask for a review of a SOW supplied by a customer, supplier, agency or procurement team. That can be particularly useful because third-party forms often contain assumptions that favour the issuing party, especially on acceptance, change requests, broad delivery commitments, IP ownership or liability wording. A review helps you see where the document may create operational strain or commercial imbalance before you sign it. From there, you can decide whether to accept the wording, propose mark-ups or ask for a more substantial rewrite.

Once you have the comments, you can compare them against the commercial deal and decide which points need to be fixed before the SOW is signed. Some businesses amend the document internally, while others send the comments back to the other party as part of the contract discussion. If anything in the feedback needs clarification, you can raise follow-up questions by email. Where the issues are broader, such as a need for redrafting or changes to the master agreement that sits behind the SOW, we can discuss a separate scope for that work.

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