Project:Hack February 2019

Welcome to the second Project Data Analytics Hackathon  - Project:Hack. Bigger and better with £1,000 worth of prizes.  Would you like to help to shape how projects are delivered in the future?  You'll have an opportunity to work with others who share this vision and passion. You'll also get the opportunity to influence some major players such as Highways England, Sir Robert McAlpine and the team from the UK's largest road construction project.  We are working on other datasets too and hope to annouce more details in the coming weeks.  Data science will transform how projects are delivered, saving billions for society, improving certainty in outcomes and changing the face of the project management profession forever. Project:Hack aims to: Explore methods and tools to transform how insights and value can be extracted from project data. Ranging from risk and schedule data through to on site presence of personnel. Enable delivery professionals to understand the predisposition of projects to specific challenges, to predict them arising and take action to avoid the avoidable. Ignite the professional imagination on what can be achieved and shape the future of project delivery.  Themes & Challenges? The brief is to deliver innovative solutions around project delivery themes. We have 3 sets of data so far and are working on more. We'll load the data onto Azure and provide free Azure passes for the weekend, courtesy of Microsoft. Firstly, a variety of sets of data from the A14, the UK's largest road construction project, spanning risk data, health & safety, weather data, schedules. Secondly, Sir Robert McAlpine have collated data from some of their projects including sustainability and turnstile data. Thirdly, we have scraped, acquired and collated a library of data from Australian ICT projects, US IT projects, UK Government major projects portfolio and some ideas on maturity modelling. Some of this data is a by-product of delivery and is archived after the project is delivered, but it has the potential to help shape the delivery of future projects. How can we extract this value, how can we use the data to help shape future projects and how can we use it to avoid the mistakes of the past?  Fees We had 50 no-shows on the last event. This means that people who wanted to come couldn't, we had to throw away a lot of food and it reduced the richness of the event. To reduce the likelihood of this happening again we will be charging a nominal fee of £10 a ticket. All of the money raised will go to Cancer Research, less eventbrite fees and VAT.   Let’s get started! We'll start the day by introducing the challenges and the data sets. You'll then have the opportunity to pitch your idea to the crowd to invite team members, or join a team whose idea you want to work on. You'll then spend two days developing the concepts, interrogating the data, building proof of concepts and delivering a solid pitch to support it. Finally, you'll get the opportunity to present to industry experts who will judge your proposal. Not only will you have the kudos associated with shaping the future of project management, but we also hope to be able to award prizes too.  Happy to support you! There will be on-ground support. Data scientists, PowerBI experts and subject matter experts will help you with technical queries and mentors will guide you towards the perfect pitch.  It promises to be a great couple of days will be had with food, drinks, ideas and bucket loads of fun. The only requirement is to come with a lot of bright ideas and enthusiasm! Space is limited, so please fill out this quick profile and we will get back to you as soon as we have reviewed the attendee submissions.   FAQs What do I need to bring to the event? Your laptop, access to any software that you are likely to need and bucket loads of enthusiasm.  Am I guaranteed a place?  We'll do our best to accommodate everyone, but the event is likely to be oversubscribed. We'll need to ensure we have a good balance of expertise. Priority will be given to members of the London Data Analytics community. If you booked last time and didn't show up then you may struggle to get into this event because its not fair on those who genuinely want to come.  How will my ideas be managed? Your ideas belong to you. Its your intellectual property. But we encourage all attendees to share their code for the benefit of the community wherever possible.  How will my personal data be used? Purely for the administration of this event, future events and any agreed follow up actions. It will not be used for any other purposes.