Template · SOW
Free Statement of Work (SOW) template for service businesses
A clean, lawyer-reasonable Statement of Work for service engagements. Built for IT consultancies, agencies, and MSPs — adaptable to any service work where scope creep is a real risk.
I.Who this is for.
3 items- IT consultancies signing fixed-scope engagements
- Marketing agencies replacing per-project chaos with structured SOWs
- MSPs onboarding new clients with clear deliverables
II.What it covers.
4 items- 8 standard SOW sections with prompts and examples
- Acceptance-criteria checklist that prevents endless review loops
- Change-request flow that keeps scope creep paid
- Milestone-based payment schedule
III.What it prevents.
3 items- “We assumed you'd handle that” scope arguments
- Unpaid work past project completion
- Disputes about what counts as “done”
Before you write a word
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