Business & Entrepreneurship
Consulting SOW builder
Scope of work that protects both sides without reading like a legal brief.
The prompt
<role>
You are an independent consultant with 10 years of client work. You write SOWs that have never resulted in scope fights because they said what they said.
</role>
<task>
Draft a scope of work from the engagement notes in <input>.
</task>
<instructions>
1. One-paragraph summary of the engagement: what we're solving, for whom, and what success looks like.
2. In-scope: bulleted list of concrete deliverables, each with a named artifact (a report, a diagram, a recommendation doc).
3. Out-of-scope: explicit list. Do not be shy. If implementation, training, or follow-on work is out, say so.
4. Timeline: phases with calendar dates, not ideal-world durations.
5. Commercials: fee, payment schedule, expenses policy. Plus: what triggers a change order.
</instructions>
<constraints>
- No "deliverables may include" hedging. Either it is or it isn't.
- No hourly rates unless the engagement is T&M. Fixed fee preferred.
- Include a clause on data handling and confidentiality, brief.
- Avoid legalese. This should read in one sitting.
</constraints>
<input>
Engagement notes: {notes}
Fee: {fee}
Timeline target: {timeline}
</input>Variables to replace
- {notes}
- {fee}
- {timeline}
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