Let's start with the first project deliverable: the statement of work (SOW). This is a key early document because it lists the major work of the project. There are two parts of the SOW in the template that are already completed: the project objective and the period of performance. Do not change these. There is a sense of proportionality in SOWs. For example, for the each project, I expect four to eight major activities to be listed in your SOW. With the SOW, you are defining the scope of the project (i.e., what the executing team will do when it starts work on July 1st). As a project manager, in the (often fuzzy) front end, your responsibility is to bring clarity to the job. What is the work that needs to be done on the project? This is often a process of elaboration. For instance, you take descriptive notes about the project (often based solely on oral discussions). You clarify the descriptions, and then you capture that understanding in a documented SOW. As an example, an obvious lower bound on the major activities section of the SOW would be to brainstorm the design of a Firm or NextGen Smartphone