ScopeGuard CT: ERP Program Control Tower
10/10
Demand Score
Large ERP programs face board scrutiny; overruns and missed benefits jeopardize funding and leadership credibility.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$6k-25k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
4 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Project Failure, Budget Overruns & Mismatched Expectations
Competitor Landscape
- Planview
- Smartsheet Control Center
- SAP Focused Build
- Jira Align
- Monday.com
- Wrike
Must-Have Features for MVP
Contract digital twin with measurable deliverables and acceptance criteria
Auto change‑order detector from notes/emails/backlogs (NLP)
Config‑to‑spec scanner for SAP/Oracle/NetSuite sandboxes
Benefits tracking with OKRs and value realization forecasts
Vendor invoice gating tied to verified deliverables
Go‑live simulation harness with synthetic test data
RAID logs with owner nudges and SLA clocks
Methodology templates (SAP Activate, AIM) and stage‑gate workflows
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Access to SI artifacts and ERP config APIs
- Integrator resistance to outcome‑based gating
- Data normalization across tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, SAP Solution Manager)
- Cultural shift to enforce stage‑gates
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Variance from budget/schedule vs baseline
- # and value of prevented/renegotiated change orders
- % invoices approved only after deliverable verification
- Milestone on‑time rate
- Benefit realization vs business case at 90/180 days post‑go‑live
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