Yet  another  10  Value-Adding Questions to ask before finalizing  your  Scope of Work .

These questions relate to what amounts to a ‘Reality-check' and cover the evaluation of our available Internal  resources:

• 1) Is the intended Scope compatible with the Master Plan / Corporate Objectives?
• 2) Do we have the financial resources for the intended SoW (Budget)?
• 3) Is the intended SoW compatible with our Policies / Procedures?
• 4) Did we check our time-limits, schedule(s), criticality & urgency of the intended SoW in relation to the Master plan / Corporate Objectives?
• 5) Do we , internally, have the ‘competent' manpower required for developing the SoW?
• 6) Can they do it in time ?
• 7) Do we , internally, have the ‘competent' manpower required for preparing the tender ‘evaluation criteria' ?
• 8) Can they do the technical evaluation using these criteria ( Skills to develop criteria for evaluation are different from skills to technically evaluate these criteria )?
• 9) Did we check the compatibility of the intended Sow with the existing systems / infrastructure ( e.g. availability of hardware that can support the intended software)
• 10) Did we identify the proposed Contract Managers/ Administrators / supervisors and evaluated the need for further training for the implementation of the Contract?

Ten Value-Adding Questions to ask before finalizing your  Scope of Work:
1) Although ‘ in the budget' do we REALLY need it ?
2) Are all the included criteria / features needed ?
3) Can we ‘reduce' the required Sow (less numbers, less weight, less features etc... ) ?
4) Are there ( more economical) ‘ alternatives' that can ( almost ) serve the same purpose ?
5) Did we include too many ‘proprietary' features that may reduce competition and increase the cost ?
6) Did we consider ‘ the whole life cost' (as opposed to least expensive) of the major components of the intended SoW ?
7) Did we calculate ‘ the Value for Money' (as opposed to least expensive) of the major components of the intended SoW ?
8) Do we have existing contracts that we can re-negotiate in order to include / accommodate the intended SoW ? ( will save on the bidding process as well as mobilization and other costs)
9) Can we combine the intended SoW with other existing or planned contracts?
10) Did we review our data base of ‘Lessons Learned' to benefit from previous ‘successes' and avoid previous ‘ mishaps' ?