01Start with the decision, not the tool
Managed marketplace operations is commissioned to decide what the team changes this cycle, who approves it and which signal closes the work, not to create activity for its own sake. In section 3, the team works from catalogue and campaign log and records why the choice is defensible for this catalogue. The working check is specific: compare onboarding and access map with the owner’s supplied facts, current platform controls and the commercial baseline. If one of those three is missing, the recommendation stays provisional rather than being sold as certainty.
02What evidence changes the scope
Managed marketplace operations is commissioned to decide what the team changes this cycle, who approves it and which signal closes the work, not to create activity for its own sake. In section 4, the team works from promotion calendar and records why the choice is defensible for this catalogue. The working check is specific: compare weekly priority backlog with the owner’s supplied facts, current platform controls and the commercial baseline. If one of those three is missing, the recommendation stays provisional rather than being sold as certainty.
03How the first controlled batch works
Managed marketplace operations is commissioned to decide what the team changes this cycle, who approves it and which signal closes the work, not to create activity for its own sake. In section 5, the team works from performance dashboard and records why the choice is defensible for this catalogue. The working check is specific: compare catalogue and campaign log with the owner’s supplied facts, current platform controls and the commercial baseline. If one of those three is missing, the recommendation stays provisional rather than being sold as certainty.
04Where economics and operations meet
Managed marketplace operations is commissioned to decide what the team changes this cycle, who approves it and which signal closes the work, not to create activity for its own sake. In section 6, the team works from monthly decision memo and records why the choice is defensible for this catalogue. The working check is specific: compare promotion calendar with the owner’s supplied facts, current platform controls and the commercial baseline. If one of those three is missing, the recommendation stays provisional rather than being sold as certainty.
05What acceptance means
Managed marketplace operations is commissioned to decide what the team changes this cycle, who approves it and which signal closes the work, not to create activity for its own sake. In section 7, the team works from onboarding and access map and records why the choice is defensible for this catalogue. The working check is specific: compare performance dashboard with the owner’s supplied facts, current platform controls and the commercial baseline. If one of those three is missing, the recommendation stays provisional rather than being sold as certainty.
06What remains outside the promise
Managed marketplace operations is commissioned to decide what the team changes this cycle, who approves it and which signal closes the work, not to create activity for its own sake. In section 8, the team works from weekly priority backlog and records why the choice is defensible for this catalogue. The working check is specific: compare monthly decision memo with the owner’s supplied facts, current platform controls and the commercial baseline. If one of those three is missing, the recommendation stays provisional rather than being sold as certainty. Media spend, production and platform fees stay separate unless explicitly included in the signed scope.
