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The Project Scope of Work (SOW) tool standardizes the collection of rationale, business impact, and technical implications by providing a structured format for capturing these elements. It requires the requestors to clearly articulate what is being changed, why it matters, and what happens if the request is denied. This ensures that all change suggestions are well thought out and not based on vague or emotional reasons. Over time, this also creates a historical ledger of decisions made, which can be valuable for postmortems or operational best practices.
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The builds on that operational scaffolding at the point of entry. Rather than allowing vague or emotion-driven change suggestions to muddy focus, this tool standardizes the collection of rationale, business impact, and technical implications. The form disciplines requestors to articulate what's being changed, why it matters, and what happens if the request is denied. Over time, consistent use of this form also generates a historical ledger of decisions made, which can be valuable for postmortems or operational best practices.
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