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From paper to practice: Treating scope of work as a living agreement

Boopin UAE’s Zeena Kurd discusses what ensues when the scope of work doesn’t match the real ask.

Zeena Kurd, General Manager, Boopin UAE on scope of workZeena Kurd, General Manager, Boopin UAE

In theory, a scope of work is the backbone of any client-agency partnership – a contractual blueprint that lays out the work to be done, timelines, deliverables and costs. However, in reality, it’s the starting point of a journey filled with shifting priorities, unplanned demands disguised as ad hocs and an unspoken expectation for agencies to stretch beyond their remit – often without a proportional increase in fees or recognition.
With marketing shifting into an always-on, real-time ecosystem – led by data, performance and agile creative – the traditional scope of work (SOW), built for static campaigns and quarterly deliverables, no longer fits the bill.
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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.