Spec-to-Transport: Declarative ERP Customization Studio
9/10
Demand Score
Customization backlogs stall go-lives and upgrades; overruns on SI hours and missed revenue milestones.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$10k-40k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Strict staff account limits:
Competitor Landscape
- SAP Cloud ALM
- Basis Technologies ActiveControl
- Panaya Change Intelligence
- Tricentis LiveCompare
- Neptune DXP
Must-Have Features for MVP
Typed DSL mapped to SAP Data Dictionary entities
Compiler emitting BRF+, CDS, BAdI/ABAP artifacts with ABAPGit integration
Cross-transport dependency resolver and conflict-aware impact map
Ephemeral shadow-client simulation with synthetic data and test recorder
Clean-core policy guardrails and upgrade safety checks
Approval workflows, segregation-of-duties, and full audit trail
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Variations across SAP extensibility options (public cloud vs. private vs. on-prem)
- ABAP version and transport nuances
- Change management and governance sign-off
- Security reviews for sandbox data handling
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- ≥50% reduction in custom development/blueprinting hours
- First customization to production in <14 days
- Zero production rollbacks due to transport conflicts in first 90 days
- ≥90% clean-core compliance score on customization reviews
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.