A scope of work that covers all twelve points
The checker tells you what is missing. This is the document with none of it missing, written to be copied and edited rather than admired.
Run it through the check yourself if you like. It scores twelve out of twelve, which is the least you should expect from something handing out advice about contracts.
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The parts that do the work
Most of this is ordinary. Five clauses are doing almost all of the protecting, and they are the ones people leave out:
- Section 1 counts things. "8 pages" can be exceeded in a way both sides can see. "A website" cannot.
- Section 2 lists what is not included. A list of inclusions invites argument about everything adjacent to it. A list of exclusions ends that argument before it starts.
- Section 3 says work does not begin until the change order is approved. Approval after delivery is a negotiation. Approval before it is a price.
- Section 4 gives the client a deadline too. Your dates are in writing and theirs usually are not, and that asymmetry is where "why is this late" comes from.
- Section 8 holds ownership until full payment. The quietest piece of leverage in the document and the one most often missing.
What this does not do
It gives you the clause. It does not give you the record. On the day a client asks for one more thing, the clause only helps if somebody writes down the price and the new date and gets a yes before the work starts, and that is the part people skip when they are busy.
This is a starting point, not legal advice. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer, it does not know the law where you work, and whether any of it is enforceable depends on where you are. Have a real agreement checked by a real lawyer before you rely on it.