Recommending team composition using analytics

A computer system for building a team to work on an opportunity, comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• receiving an opportunity signature based on the opportunity;
• determining a plurality of team roles based on the received opportunity signature;
• selecting a role to fill from the determined plurality of team roles;
• determining a plurality of candidates based on the selected role and the received opportunity signature, wherein the plurality of candidates includes a plurality of candidate evidence data;
• selecting a candidate from the determined plurality of candidates based on the plurality of candidate evidence data;
• assigning the selected candidate to fill the selected role on the team;
• and
• iteratively selecting at least one additional role and at least one additional candidate to fill the selected at least one additional role on the team until a stopping criterion is met.

A computer program product for building a team to work on an opportunity, comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• receiving an opportunity signature based on the opportunity;
• determining a plurality of team roles based on the received opportunity signature;
• selecting a role to fill from the determined plurality of team roles;
• determining a plurality of candidates based on the selected role and the received opportunity signature, wherein the plurality of candidates includes a plurality of candidate evidence data;
• selecting a candidate from the determined plurality of candidates based on the plurality of candidate evidence data;
• assigning the selected candidate to fill the selected role on the team;
• and
• iteratively selecting at least one additional role and at least one additional candidate to fill the selected at least one additional role on the team until a stopping criterion is met.