When preparing a performance based statement of work use the follow steps as a guideline to ensure you are on track:
- Define contract goals
- Prepare work breakdown structure
- Develop results oriented task statements
- Clear functional organization and funding allocations
- Define task completion criteria
- Review relevant regulations and policies
- Ensure compatibility and consistency with the performance specification
- Rely on vendors in-house processes
- Apply commensurate incentives for high-value performance
- State tasks clearly. Vague work statements may be cause for rejections
- Correctly site references
- Identify Quality Assurance elements for hardware and software throughout life cycle
- Give contractor full responsibility for quality performance
- Identify references to data requirements in any task that generate a deliverable.