Let's say you're a building owner/operator and just returned from a seminar about commissioning and how great it is. You're gung ho and ready to start; commissioning is going to be the answer to all of your problems. Now what do you do?
Many owners, especially these days when everyone is overextended and "too busy," will want to go out right away and hire someone to do commissioning for them. Without giving that someone, presumably a third-party commissioning professional, clear direction regarding what you expect the commissioning process to be and what you hope to benefit from it, this will almost certainly be a bad experience for all involved.