ScopeGuard: Usage‑Driven Feature Triage and Progressive Enablement for ERP Rollouts

Construction & Trades
🔥
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

🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints

This problem has been verified through 4 real user complaints:

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

Ready to Build This?

This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.