DecisionGraph Approvals & Reporting Engine for CRM
9/10
Demand Score
Slow, opaque approvals stall revenue and create compliance risk; inconsistent reporting erodes trust at quarter-end.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-15k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Reliance on Third-Party Apps:
Competitor Landscape
- Salesforce Approvals + Flow
- Conga Approvals/CPQ
- DealHub
- Tonkean
- Workato
Must-Have Features for MVP
Natural-language-to-policy compiler with testable rules
Deterministic approval DAG with parallel branches
Slack/Teams inline approvals with context and SLAs
What-if analysis and approver load balancing
Auto-generated evidence trail and policy versioning
Report/KPI lineage with snapshotting for board packs
Cross-object orchestration (CPQ, Opportunities, Cases)
Breach alerts for stalled approvals and auto-escalation
Sandbox simulator to validate changes before go-live
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Mapping legacy approval logic into declarative rules
- Edge cases in CPQ/contracting objects
- Executive buy-in to simplify/standardize policies
- Change management for Slack/Teams-first approvals
- Data governance for report definitions and snapshots
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- 50%+ cycle time reduction on approvals in first month
- One source of truth for KPI definitions and lineage
- Auditable, versioned policy changes
- High approver adoption via native chat UX
- Low-maintenance rule updates by ops, not IT
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.