# Commissioning Desk > Commissioning Desk is an independent editorial publication for the people who commission, manage and evaluate digital projects within their organisation — marketing managers, operations leads, business owners, heads of IT, and senior decision-makers across sectors. It covers briefs, budgets, contracts, platform decisions, supplier evaluation, hosting, post-launch operations and the practical realities of working with technology partners. Written in a trade-journal register: practitioner-informed, straight-talking, cross-sector, for readers in decision-making mode. Published by Parrot Creative, a Bristol-based web design and development agency, with editorial independence from its commercial operations. > ## Coverage areas - [Hiring an Agency](https://commissioningdesk.com/hiring-an-agency/): Briefs, budgets, evaluating proposals, contract red flags, agency vs in-house vs platform decisions, and SLAs. - [Running a Project](https://commissioningdesk.com/running-a-project/): What happens after the contract is signed — scope creep, agile in practice, handover standards, and communication expectations. - [Platforms](https://commissioningdesk.com/platforms/): Honest, non-affiliated comparisons of CMS platforms, ecommerce tools, subscription billing, hosting and infrastructure, written for non-technical decision-makers. - [Hosting & Maintenance](https://commissioningdesk.com/hosting-maintenance/): Hosting decisions, maintenance realities, performance monitoring, evaluating your current agency, and when to redesign versus iterate. - [General](https://commissioningdesk.com/general/): Cross-cutting coverage of digital commissioning, supplier accountability and the practical realities of running technology projects. --- ## Pages - [About](https://commissioningdesk.com/about/) - [Editorial Policy](https://commissioningdesk.com/editorial-policy/) - [Home](https://commissioningdesk.com/) - [Contact](https://commissioningdesk.com/contact/) - [All Articles](https://commissioningdesk.com/all-articles/) --- ## Posts - [Why your website launch will be late, and it'll almost certainly be the content](https://commissioningdesk.com/website-launch-late-content/) - ['Enterprise-grade', 'bespoke', 'scalable': the agency words that don't mean anything](https://commissioningdesk.com/agency-buzzwords-what-they-mean/) - [HubSpot, Salesforce Marketing Cloud or Pardot: which fits a mid-market marketing team](https://commissioningdesk.com/hubspot-vs-marketing-cloud-vs-pardot-mid-market/) - [Red flags in a creative agency contract: a checklist before you sign](https://commissioningdesk.com/creative-agency-contract-red-flags/) - [What you should actually pay for monthly website maintenance](https://commissioningdesk.com/website-maintenance-cost-per-month/) - [How to give creative feedback that doesn't waste a round](https://commissioningdesk.com/how-to-creative-feedback-revision-rounds/) - [Paying agencies to pitch: the case for fees, and the briefs where they're overkill](https://commissioningdesk.com/paying-agencies-to-pitch/) - [When to renegotiate with your current agency (and when to start looking for a new one)](https://commissioningdesk.com/when-to-renegotiate-or-switch-agency/) - [What a website handover pack should include, and what to refuse to sign off without](https://commissioningdesk.com/agency-website-handover-checklist/) - [WordPress vs Webflow for a business website: an honest comparison](https://commissioningdesk.com/wordpress-vs-webflow-business-website/) - [How long it actually takes to build a website](https://commissioningdesk.com/how-long-build-website/) --- > View our sitemaps here: https://commissioningdesk.com/sitemap_index.xml ---