ProjectHub - Multi-Project Excel Consolidator
9/10
Demand Score
Managing 5+ projects in separate Excel files causes 15+ hours of weekly overhead and frequent costly errors from working with outdated data.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$249-499
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
55 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
r/Construction: ["Excel is fine until you start managing more than 3 projects at once. Then it’s all chaos — people working off wrong versions, data lost, huge time lost fixing formulas." (user: u/concrete_joe)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Construction/comments/qzzvjq/does_anyone_else_struggle_to_manage_multiple/)
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 1 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Power BI - Requires technical expertise
- Tableau - Expensive and complex
- Construction ERP systems - 6-figure investments
- Manual consolidation - Current painful process
Must-Have Features for MVP
Automatic Excel file monitoring
Multi-project dashboard
Resource allocation matrix
Budget consolidation
Error detection and alerts
Custom report builder
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Handling various Excel formats
- Performance with large datasets
- Change management resistance
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- No change to existing workflows
- Instant time savings
- Error reduction metrics
- Executive-ready dashboards
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.