Drafting Contracts and Writing Scope of Work

This course relies on individual and group exercises aimed at helping participants learn all key contract management activities. The course also features several case studies, presentations, and role-plays by participants, followed by discussions. In addition, this course incorporates pre-and post-testing.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the essential elements of a contract and recognize the importance of the Scope of Work
• Outline the objectives of a contractual relationship and leverage them into requirements needed to develop the Scope of Work
• Plan and prepare a solid SoW using outlines and templates
• Define contract building blocks and draft simple contract provisions
• Write the narrative of a contract and different contract parts using best practices

Personnel involved in drafting a Scope of Work and negotiating contract terms to ensure contract requirements are adequately captured.  

• Contract preparation
• Writing Scope of Work
• Drafting contracts
• Preparing contract plan 
• Negotiating scope of work
• Technical writing