System for cognitive assessment of transactions

A method for cognitive assessment of the competitiveness of deals comprising:

• using a processor and associated memory to
• compare current deal information with historical deal information, the historical deal information being for a plurality of historical deals with each historical deal comprising at least one historical deal component, the at least one historical deal component comprising a historical work scope and associated historical work pricing, the current deal information comprising at least one current deal component, the at least one current deal component comprising a current work scope and associated current work pricing,
• use machine learning to determine whether the at least one current deal component is non-competitive based upon the historical deal information, and
• for a non-competitive current deal component generate an alternative current deal component, the alternative current deal component having at least one of a different current work scope and different associated current work pricing.

A computer readable medium for cognitive assessment of the competitiveness of deals, the computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that the when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• comparing current deal information with the historical deal information, the historical deal information being for a plurality of historical deals with each historical deal comprising at least one historical deal component, the at least one historical deal component comprising a historical work scope and associated historical work pricing, the current deal information comprising at least one current deal component, the at least one current deal component comprising a current work scope and associated current work pricing;
• using machine learning to determine whether the at least one current deal component is non-competitive based upon the historical deal information;
• and
• for a non-competitive current deal component generating an alternative current deal component, the alternative current deal component having at least one of a different current work scope and different associated current work pricing.