ScopeGuard Ledger for ERP
9/10
Demand Score
ERP programs hemorrhage time and budget due to unmanaged scope creep and ambiguous goals.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-6k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
An AI-backed scope governance layer for ERP programs that turns discovery notes, SOWs, and BRDs into a signed, measurable Baseline Requirement Ledger. Every ERP config object, user story, transport, a
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 5 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Generic project management (Jira, Asana)
- PSA tools (Kantata, FinancialForce)
- ERP ALM (SAP ChaRM/Cloud ALM, Oracle AIM)
- Spreadsheet-based scope logs
- EPM (Smartsheet, MS Project)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Baseline Requirement Ledger auto-extracted from discovery/SOWs
Change-impact simulator across modules/integrations/tests
Scope credit budgeting with automated approval workflows
Transport gating to QA/Prod based on traceability
Executive Scope Burn and Value Realization dashboards
Goal-to-KPI value tree instrumentation inside ERP
Slack/Teams one-click approvals with audit trail
Backlog/ALM sync (Jira/Azure DevOps)
Automated decision memos for governance boards
Compliance-ready evidence archive
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- SI resistance to gating transports
- Mapping diverse ERP configs to a common requirement model
- Access to ALM data across tools
- Legal alignment for ‘scope credit’ mechanics
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- Non-invasive ALM/ERP integrations
- Clear, quantifiable scope and value traceability
- Fast setup via NLP-assisted import of existing docs
- Neutral, data-driven governance acceptable to customer and SI
- Low-friction approvals in chat tools
- Early KPI instrumentation demonstrating value in weeks
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.