ScopeLock: Baseline Fingerprinting & Smart Change Orders for ERP Programs
9/10
Demand Score
ERP projects derail early; locking and pricing change requests precisely avoids runaway costs and missed go‑live dates.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-8k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
Captures an immutable baseline of processes, data volumes, integrations and acceptance criteria before kickoff, producing a signed ‘scope fingerprint’ tied to epics in Jira/ADO. Any scope change reque
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 2 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Jira / Azure DevOps
- Planview
- Smartsheet
- Celonis (process discovery)
- Big 4 PMO toolkits
Must-Have Features for MVP
Process/requirement baseline capture and hashing
Requirements graph with dependency mapping
Parametric estimation models calibrated by history
Automated Smart Change Order generator
Trade‑off assistant (time, scope, cost)
Vendor‑client shared approvals portal
Audit trail and baseline drift reporting
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Executive and SI partner buy‑in to enforce trade‑offs
- Quality of initial requirements and process capture
- Integrations with PM/ALM tools
- Cultural pushback against stricter governance
Risk Level: Minimal
🎯 Keys to Success
- Reduction in schedule and budget variance
- Increase in forecast accuracy over time
- Faster change order cycle time
- Lower % of unplanned scope added
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.