Overview

An engagement is a formal relationship between your organization and a solution. While briefs and RFPs are for evaluation, engagements represent active or planned work — you've selected a solution and are moving forward.

Starting an Engagement

You can initiate an engagement from:

A solution profile page — click the Engage button
A brief response — after reviewing a solution's response, start an engagement
A shortlist — select a solution and click Engage

Selecting an Account

When starting an engagement, you'll choose which organization account to associate it with:

Your personal account — for individual use
Your buyer organization — for team-visible engagements
A partner's buyer org — if you're acting as a partner (see Partners)

Tracking Engagements

Active engagements appear in My Cloud. You can track:

Which solutions you have engagements with
Engagement status and timeline
Associated briefs and communications

Engagement vs. Brief

Feature	Brief / RFP	Engagement
Purpose	Evaluate and gather information	Track an active relationship
Stage	Pre-selection	Post-selection
Multiple solutions	Yes — send to many at once	One solution per engagement
Messaging	Yes, within the brief	Through the engagement context