Causes of Failure in the SOW …

    1. Mixing Tasks, Specifications, Approvals and Special Instructions

    2. Imprecise Language (Nearly, Optimum, Approximately)

    3. No Pattern, Structure or Chronological Order

    4. Wide Variations in Size of Tasks

    5. Impossible Tasks

    6. Missing Tasks

    7. Wide Variation in How to Describe Details of the Work

    8. Failure to Get Third Party Review or Client Approval

    9. Client Supplied Information