Statement of Work for PHL Australian Construction Company

The paper reflects on the preparation of a “Statement of Work (SOW)” for the PHL company that is one of the Australian construction company. The organization mainly aims to enhance the customer as well as marketing service with the help of different multi-tiered approach for attracting new customers and additionally getting more share in the market. In order to achieve the objectives, the chief executive officer has mainly approved the redevelopment project of the website that will further redevelop the present PHL website.

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PHL Australian construction company
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................2
2. Project background......................................................................................................................2
3. Project scope................................................................................................................................3
4. Statement of work requirements..................................................................................................4
5. Statement of work schedule and pricing......................................................................................5
5.1 Schedule.................................................................................................................................5
5.2 Project Pricing.......................................................................................................................8
6. Acceptance criteria....................................................................................................................12
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................14

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1. Introduction
The paper reflects on the preparation of a “Statement of Work (SOW)” for the PHL
company that is one of the Australian construction company. The organization mainly aims to
enhance the customer as well as marketing service with the help of different multi-tiered
approach for attracting new customers and additionally getting more share in the market. In order
to achieve the objectives, the chief executive officer has mainly approved the redevelopment
project of the website that will further redevelop the present PHL website. It is found that SOW
document that was prepared includes scope of the work as well as other work requirements that
are needed for the website implementation project. In addition to this, the SOW document also
contains work schedule and pricing information for reflecting that the entire project will get
completed by 25th December 2019 by utilizing budget of around $265,000. Moreover, the SOW
acceptance criteria for the project is also discussed in the document.
2. Project background
PHL which is one the construction company in Australia mainly have a strategic aim and
as per which the organization wants to increase both the customer service as well as marketing
service. In order to do so, the organization needs to attract the clients towards their service which
will further be helpful in generating yearly revenue. In order to achieve the organizational
strategic objectives, the higher authority of the organization mainly decided to redevelop the
website. The main purpose of the redevelopment of the website to build a website that must
contain details including the client testimonials, information about new building development as
well as other types of industry information. In addition to this, the website must be designed in
such a way that they must provide the facility for delivering timely feedback for improving the

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interaction with the construction of the company. As PHL does not have proper IT department
that can be able to design, implement as well as test therefore the work that is required to be done
needs to be outsourced. It is found that around $265,000 is needed for completing the website
redevelopment within 25th December successfully.
3. Project scope
Project scope is considered to the part of project planning which must determine as well
as document the list of a specific project deliverables, features, tasks, goals as well as the project
deadlines. The scope is categorized into in-scope and out-scope.
In-scope
 Implementing the website for the PHL company
 Releasing the SOW document
 Gathering different types of ideas as well as documents
 Undertaking the project feasibility study
 Developing the prototype for the project
 Building the website
 Developing the navigation as well as content pages
Out-scope
 The details of the suppliers are not given in the project
 Extra charges to the workers are not provided

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4. Statement of work requirements
It is found that in order to develop a website for the PHL construction company, it is
quite necessary to undertake different work activities which are mainly categorized into four
different phases.
Planning phase: In this specific phase, proper conversation with the project stakeholders
are done in order to gather ideas which are required for website development. After collection of
ideas, proper project proposal for the entire project is developed after which an agreement is
made so that the project can be delivered within time. After the project plan get approved and the
SOW document is released, the contractor selection procedure for the website design is done.
Definition and design phase: In this phase, various ideas about the project are gathered
and the data which is collected is analyzed successfully so that the design for the website will be
helpful in meeting the needs of PHL construction company. After this phase, the entire design of
the website is again designed by adding all the new features which are needed. In addition to
this, feasibility check as well as budget that is required for the project is analyzed in this phase.
In the last activity of this phase, proposal for the project is created for the successful
implementation of website for PHL.
Implementation phase: In the third phase, the prototype for the website is created for
making sure that all the needs and demands of the PHL construction company will be fulfilled.
After the construction of the project prototype, the team members develop database by validating
the project code. In addition to this, cross-browser testing is mainly undertaken for successful
optimization. Moreover, web content is built which include proper navigation structure as well as
site content pages. After creating the pages of the site proper details of the clients as well as

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organization will be updated in the website. Lastly, testing is done for ensuring that the website
is working properly.
Conversion phase: In this phase, training facility is given to the team members and the
documents that are used in the project are approved. After then, the entire project plan is
reviewing for ensuring that all the objectives of the organization are met with the redevelopment
of the new website. In addition to this, the checklist for the project as well as written status for
the entire project is developed. Lastly, the sign from the stakeholders are collected and the
project is closed.
5. Statement of work schedule and pricing
5.1 Schedule
The table which is given below depicts in detail that around 87 days will be required for
implementing the website successfully. The project will be closed on Christmas evening.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0
Implementation of website for PHL
construction company
87 days
Tue 27-08-
19
Wed 25-12-
19
1 Planning phase 24 days
Tue 27-08-
19
Fri 27-09-19
1.1 Conversation with the project team 2 days Tue 27-08-19
Wed 28-08-
19
1.2 Developing the proposal for the project 3 days Thu 29-08-19
Mon 02-09-
19
1.3 Agreement development for the project 1 day Tue 03-09-19 Tue 03-09-19

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1.4 Stakeholders identification 2 days
Wed 04-09-
19
Thu 05-09-19
M1
Milestone1: Approval of the project
plan and release of SOW
1 day Fri 06-09-19 Fri 06-09-19
1.6
Website design contractor selection
process
15 days Fri 06-09-19 Thu 26-09-19
1.7 Selection of contractor 1 day Fri 27-09-19 Fri 27-09-19
2 Definition and design of website 15 days
Mon 07-10-
19
Fri 25-10-19
2.1 Gathering different types of ideas 3 days
Mon 07-10-
19
Wed 09-10-
19
2.2 Analyzing the collected data 2 days Thu 10-10-19 Fri 11-10-19
2.3 Revising the design of the project 5 days
Mon 14-10-
19
Fri 18-10-19
2.4 Undertaking feasibility study 1 day
Mon 21-10-
19
Mon 21-10-
19
2.5 Analyzing the project budget 1 day Tue 22-10-19 Tue 22-10-19
2.6 Creating project proposal for PHL 3 days
Wed 23-10-
19
Fri 25-10-19
M2
Milestone 2: Completion of design
phase and getting approval for the project
0 days Fri 25-10-19 Fri 25-10-19

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3 Implementation phase 30 days
Mon 28-10-
19
Fri 06-12-19
3.1 Prototype construction 4 days
Mon 28-10-
19
Thu 31-10-19
3.2 Developing the database 3 days Fri 01-11-19 Tue 05-11-19
3.3 Validation of code 2 days
Wed 06-11-
19
Thu 07-11-19
3.4 Cross-browser testing 1 day Fri 08-11-19 Fri 08-11-19
3.5 Proper optimization 3 days
Mon 11-11-
19
Wed 13-11-
19
3.6 Building web content 4 days Thu 14-11-19 Tue 19-11-19
3.7 Developing navigation structure 2 days
Wed 20-11-
19
Thu 21-11-19
3.8 Creating site content pages 2 days Fri 22-11-19
Mon 25-11-
19
3.9
Including client testimonial and recent
company news
8 days Tue 26-11-19 Thu 05-12-19
3.10 Testing and review 1 day Fri 06-12-19 Fri 06-12-19
M3
Milestone 3: Completion of
implementation phase
0 days Fri 06-12-19 Fri 06-12-19
4 Conversion phase 13 days
Mon 09-12-
19
Wed 25-12-
19

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4.1 Training 5 days
Mon 09-12-
19
Fri 13-12-19
4.2
Providing documents as per the
approved project plan
7 days
Mon 09-12-
19
Tue 17-12-19
4.3 Reviewing the project 3 days
Wed 18-12-
19
Fri 20-12-19
4.4 Project requirement checklist 1 day
Mon 23-12-
19
Mon 23-12-
19
4.5 Providing written project status 1 day Tue 24-12-19 Tue 24-12-19
4.6 Stakeholders sign off 1 day Tue 24-12-19 Tue 24-12-19
4.7 Project closure 1 day
Wed 25-12-
19
Wed 25-12-
19
M4
Milestone 4: Completion of the
conversion phase
0 days
Wed 25-12-
19
Wed 25-12-
19
5.2 Project Pricing
The table that is given below showcase that the website implementation project will need
around $265,000. The expenditure that is done on each of the activities of the project is reflected
with the help of the below table.
WBS Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost
0
Implementation of
website for PHL
construction company
87 days $265,000.00

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1 Planning phase 24 days $30,000.00
1.1
Conversation with
the project team
2 days Business analyst $2,000.00
1.2
Developing the
proposal for the project
3 days Project planner $3,000.00
1.3
Agreement
development for the
project
1 day Business analyst, HR manager $8,000.00
1.4
Stakeholders
identification
2 days HR manager $4,000.00
M1
Milestone1:
Approval of the project
plan and release of SOW
1 day $0.00
1.6
Website design
contractor selection
process
15 days Project planner $8,000.00
1.7
Selection of
contractor
1 day HR manager $5,000.00
2
Definition and design
of website
15 days $145,000.00
2.1
Gathering different
types of ideas
3 days Business analyst, Project planner $10,000.00

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2.2
Analyzing the
collected data
2 days Project manager $5,000.00
2.3
Revising the design
of the project
5 days Designer $80,000.00
2.4
Undertaking
feasibility study
1 day Financial manager $10,000.00
2.5
Analyzing the
project budget
1 day Financial manager $5,000.00
2.6
Creating project
proposal for PHL
3 days Project planner $35,000.00
M2
Milestone 2:
Completion of design
phase and getting
approval for the project
0 days $0.00
3
Implementation
phase
30 days $60,000.00
3.1
Prototype
construction
4 days Application manager, Developer $10,000.00
3.2
Developing the
database
3 days
Application manager, Database
administrator
$17,000.00
3.3 Validation of code 2 days Developer, Coder $8,000.00
3.4 Cross-browser 1 day Tester $2,000.00

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testing
3.5 Proper optimization 3 days
Application manager, Coder,
Developer
$3,000.00
3.6
Building web
content
4 days Application manager, Developer $2,000.00
3.7
Developing
navigation structure
2 days Application manager, Coder $3,000.00
3.8
Creating site content
pages
2 days Application manager, Developer $2,000.00
3.9
Including client
testimonial and recent
company news
8 days Application manager, Coder $3,000.00
3.10 Testing and review 1 day Tester $10,000.00
M3
Milestone 3:
Completion of
implementation phase
0 days $0.00
4 Conversion phase 13 days $30,000.00
4.1 Training 5 days Trainer $11,000.00
4.2
Providing documents
as per the approved
project plan
7 days HR manager, Business analyst $2,000.00
4.3 Reviewing the 3 days Project manager $5,000.00

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project
4.4
Project requirement
checklist
1 day Tester manager $2,000.00
4.5
Providing written
project status
1 day Project planner $4,000.00
4.6 Stakeholders sign off 1 day HR manager $3,000.00
4.7 Project closure 1 day Project manager $3,000.00
M4
Milestone 4:
Completion of the
conversion phase
0 days $0.00
6. Acceptance criteria
The PHL construction company will accept the project if the following criteria within the
project will be fulfilled:
Completion of website work on time and budget: If the redevelopment of website gets
finished within 25th December and within the budget in which the project is assigned then PHL
will accept the project.
Rich in content: The main need of PHL that the website must be rich in content and
must include different types of details including new building development, recent company
news as well as client testimonials and if the developed website contains all this detail then it
must be accepted by the organization.

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Use friendly: The PHL construction company wants a website which is user friendly as
must have effective navigation feature then the project is considered to be acceptable as the
navigation feature will be beneficial for the users.
Facility of timely feedback: The website that is developed must give the facility of
timely feedback to the clients then it will be accepted by the PHL construction company as the
company wants to give proper services to the customers.

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