SOWGuard: Contract-Bound Scope Control for ERP Programs
8/10
Demand Score
ERP programs are hemorrhaging budget and time due to uncontrolled change; every week of creep compounds costs and delays go-live.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$499-3k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
6 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
SOWGuard parses your Statement of Work into structured scope objects, links them to ERP configuration items and Jira epics, and continuously flags drift. It maintains a "Scope Ledger" with change-budg
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 3 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Jira/Confluence + plugins
- ScopeMaster
- Jama Connect
- Aha! Roadmaps
- SAP Focused Build
- Smartsheet/Asana
Must-Have Features for MVP
AI SOW parser to structured scope matrix with inclusions/exclusions
Scope Ledger with burn-down/budget meters and alerts
Connectors to SAP transports, NetSuite change logs, Odoo modules
Change Request (CR) gating with automated pricing and e-sign
Day-in-the-life simulation and acceptance testing workspace
Executive dashboard with forecasted impact of scope decisions
Dispute pack generator with evidence trail for any change
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Accurate mapping from legal SOW language to technical artifacts
- Vendor/partner pushback on tighter change controls
- False positives from benign config moves
- Multiple environments and parallel workstreams complicate diffs
Risk Level: Minimal
🎯 Keys to Success
- 50%+ reduction in unplanned CRs
- On-time go-live against baseline scope
- <5% variance between contracted and delivered scope
- Stakeholder sign-off captured for all deviations
- Lower services spend through early detection of scope creep
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.