ModGuard: ERP Customization Digital Twin & Safe‑Change Orchestrator
9/10
Demand Score
Customization mistakes cause outages and costly rollbacks near go‑live; every release window missed compounds business risk and cost.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$4k-15k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Creates a living dependency graph of your ERP customizations (SAP S/4 ABAP/Extensibility, Oracle Fusion extensions/OIC, D365 F&O X++/Power Platform). Before any transport/deployment, it simulates impa
Competitor Landscape
- SAP Solution Manager / Cloud ALM
- Panaya
- Tricentis LiveCompare
- ServiceNow Change Management
- Basis Technologies ActiveControl
Must-Have Features for MVP
Connectors to SAP/Oracle/D365 change pipelines
Customization knowledge graph and impact simulator
Selective regression test recommender
Automatic rollback package generation
Policy guardrails and risk scoring
Change calendar with blackout windows
Version diff and retrofit assistant
Stakeholder comms pack and approvals workflow
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Deep access to transport/change logs across ERPs
- Accurate dependency mapping for legacy custom code
- Trust in automated risk gating
- Performance impact of simulations on large landscapes
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Reduction in failed transports and emergency changes
- Shorter change lead time
- Lower post‑release incident volume
- Higher test coverage on high‑risk objects
Ready to Build This?
This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.