Imagine a world in which we knew how to automatically generate our schedules?

Cash is king, and sales drives an organisation. But how can we win most efficiently? In this piece I set out a data science and analytics challenge using UK public sector contract data. Sales Winning work is central to business. If we don’t win, we have no revenue, and – ultimately - no pay cheque at the end of the month. Selling projects is as important as delivering projects. One cannot exist without the other.

Introduction Digital construction is a mirror counterpart to physical construction – the construction of software. Software drives the modern world. Developing, testing and delivering software on time, to the desired quality, is a major challenge to organisations worldwide, and to projects in particular. When developing the business case, tendering for, and mobilising projects we must seek answers to many questions, such as: What proportion of the developed system will be software?