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Proof of Usefulness Report

Shift Control

Analysis completed on 7/7/2026

+58
Proof of Usefulness Score
You're In Business

Shift Control provides significant real-world utility by tackling complex compliance and shift planning challenges in regulated UK industries. The project demonstrates strong market relevance and a solid technical stack. However, as it is strictly pre-launch with an impending pilot of fewer than 100 users, it completely lacks the live traction, verified audience scale, and revenue required to score higher against established benchmarks.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+21.25
Audience Reach Impact+2.00
Technical Innovation+7.50
Evidence Of Traction+5.00
Market Timing Relevance+8.00
Functional Completeness+6.75
Subtotal+50.5
Usefulness Multiplierx1.15
Final Score+58

Project Details

Project URL
shiftcontrol.live/
Description
Plan shifts, assign workers and stay compliant — with built-in Right to Work checks, compliance documents, photo tracking, and AWR-aware pay. From a single team to multi-client managed services. Helps care establishments and industrial teams stay on top of a difficult area of spend to control.
Audience Reach
Going live on 20th July 2026 with a pilot of 60 workers, 6 supplier users, 3 managed service users and 12 client managers. Due for a September wider roll-out to up to 500 users across a wide client base.
Target Users
Workers can self-select shifts, submit and monitor pay. Managers can easily control shift planning and approvals. Compliance teams get an overall view of tightly regulated sites.
Technologies
Other, Quasar JS front end (Vue3), NestJS (Express) API, MySQL Azure hosted database layer.
Traction Evidence
Pre-launch - implementing the first pilot with one large managed service client who will then commit to a complete rollout across all their national UK clients.

Algorithm Insights

Market Position
Growing utility with room for optimization
User Engagement
Documented reach suggests active user community
Technical Stack
Modern tech stack aligned with sponsor technologies

Recommendations to Increase Usefulness Score

Document User Growth

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Expand Evidence Base

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Technical Roadmap

Share development milestones and feature completion timeline