PartnerFit Sentinel for ERP Programs

Legal & Professional Services
🔥
8/10
Demand Score
Choosing the wrong SI or failing to enforce delivery quality wastes millions and derails ERP programs.
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8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$3k-10k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
16 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard

The Problem

A vendor selection and delivery health platform that matches clients to SIs using a competency/outcome knowledge graph and monitors ongoing execution via objective telemetry. Plugins ingest delivery s

Competitor Landscape

  • Analyst directories and reviews (Gartner, G2)
  • Procurement suites (SAP Ariba, Coupa)
  • PSA/PPM (Kantata, Certinia/FinancialForce)
  • Vendor risk/SLA tools (ServiceNow, OneTrust)

Must-Have Features for MVP

SI-client matching via competency/outcome graph
ALM/time/environment telemetry ingestion
Delivery Health and SLA dashboards with alerts
Milestone escrow payment triggers
Playbook/methodology fit auditor
Benchmarking from anonymized outcomes
Escalation Copilot with clause library and evidence
Executive steering pack automation
Evidence vault for audits and disputes
API/SSO for both client and SI access

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • Partner reluctance to share telemetry
  • Legal pushback on milestone escrow
  • Normalizing delivery metrics across tools
  • Data privacy and anonymized benchmarking ethics

Risk Level: High

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Neutral position trusted by both client and SI
  • Contractually enforceable, objective metrics
  • High partner tool coverage via lightweight plugins
  • Clear ROI by tying payments to verified outcomes
  • Strong data governance and anonymization
  • Executive visibility and fast escalation paths

Ready to Build This?

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