ScopeGuard: Usage‑Driven Feature Triage and Progressive Enablement for ERP Rollouts
8/10
Demand Score
Over-scoping creates budget overruns, change fatigue, and delayed go-lives that jeopardize fiscal targets.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-15k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
ScopeGuard prevents feature overload by ingesting your current process telemetry (logs, IDocs, transaction usage, NetSuite saved searches), SOW, and business KPIs to score every proposed ERP feature a
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This problem has been verified through 4 real user complaints:
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Competitor Landscape
- Panaya (planning insights)
- Celonis (process mining)
- SAP Activate methodology (services)
- KPMG/Accenture frameworks (consulting)
- LaunchDarkly (generic feature flags)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Feature ROI scoring with peer benchmarks by industry/size
License impact and shelfware risk calculator
Feature kill-switch and progressive rollout by role/OU
Objective-alignment matrix (OKR to feature mapping)
Executive dashboard with scope burn-down and value tracking
Integration with Jira/ServiceNow for gated approvals
Automated comms and training nudges tied to enabled features
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Reliable telemetry extraction from legacy systems
- Resistance from stakeholders tied to pet features
- Accurate mapping from features to business outcomes
- Coordinating progressive enablement across geos
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- Measurable scope reduction without value loss
- Executive and PMO adoption
- Transparent traceability from business goals to enabled features
- Frictionless integration with project tooling
- Positive change adoption metrics post go-live
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This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.