Statement of Work Template

Statement of Work Template: a polished, practical template for business, legal & company documents work.

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Statement of Work

Effective date: [Date]

This Statement of Work is entered into by and between [Customer legal name], [address and entity details] (“Customer”), and [Service Provider legal name], [address and entity details] (“Service Provider”), together the “Parties.”


1. Parties and Order of Precedence

[Master agreement reference, SOW number, parties, effective dates, precedence, and contacts.]


2. Objectives and Scope

[Business outcome, in-scope capabilities, out-of-scope items, constraints, and success metric.]


3. Work Packages and Deliverables

[Work-package ID, activity, owner, artifact, format, review window, and acceptance test.]


4. Milestones and Acceptance Tests

[Baseline schedule, critical path, test evidence, approver, deemed acceptance rule, and rework.]


5. Roles, Dependencies, and Customer Inputs

[RACI, access, data, environments, decisions, customer staffing, and dependency dates.]


6. Change Control and Assumptions

[Assumption register, impact of change, estimate method, authorization, and emergency change path.]


7. Fees, Invoicing, and Expenses

[Rate card or fixed fee, milestones, invoice evidence, taxes, travel, currency, and payment days.]


8. Security, Data, and Environment

[Data classification, security controls, access removal, incident contact, and subcontractor rules.]


9. Risks, Escalation, and Reporting

[Risk log, status cadence, escalation threshold, issue owner, and executive decision route.]


10. Term, Exit, and Signatures

[Completion criteria, transition support, termination, records, and authorized signatures.]


Signatures

Customer

Name: [Name]
Title: [Title or capacity]
Signature: ____________________
Date: [Date]

Service Provider

Name: [Name]
Title: [Title or capacity]
Signature: ____________________
Date: [Date]

Legal notice: A SOW must be reconciled with the governing MSA, procurement terms, data-processing addendum, and applicable law before signature.