As a senior investment officer at the Maine Technology Institute, I have worked with hundreds of applicants on developing and refining technical services scopes of work across a variety of sectors and ...

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You wouldn’t go to your dentist for oral surgery without asking exactly what procedures he or she will be performing and what it will cost, would you? But this is exactly the trap that many ...

Don't let contractors define their own deliverables. Negotiating detailed statements of work reduces project delays, cost overruns and even the likelihood of failure. The success of most ...

Think about your typical work week. How much of what you do falls within your official job description? If you're anything like most top performers, chances are that over the course of your career, ...