**2. Analysis of the problem field**

To prove the relevance of the chosen direction of research, the analysis of publication activity for a given keyword "pedagogical forecasting" in the world literature

**Figure 1.** *The number of publications on the practice of using pedagogical forecasting (according to the Google Scholar database).*

was carried out; found the number of articles published in a certain period of time, the result is plotted in **Figure 1**.

We see the growing interest of scientists in the use of pedagogical forecasting tools in 2008, 2013 and 2019, which is associated with technological breakthroughs in the field of computer technology. The introduction of computer technology in the educational system is a priority of modern public policy. Intelligent systems are widely used. This technology is application promising in the field of pedagogical forecasting and the formation of the prognostic competence of a specialist. The theory of forecasting is considered in the works of I.V. Bestuzheva-Lada et al. [2], K. Beecher, D. Berry, J. Maliekal, O. Yasar, R.S.J.D. Baker [3], A. Dutt [4], B. Oancea, C. Romero, S. Ventura, M. Pechenizkiy et al. [5] are engaged in research in the application of Educational Data Mining technology for modeling educational processes. However, only a small amount of work is devoted to the formation of the prognostic competencies of a civil engineer.
