ScopeGuard: ERP Process Twin + Change-Budget Gate
9/10
Demand Score
Uncontrolled customization inflates cost/timeline and blocks upgrades; PMO/CFO need enforced guardrails mid-implementation.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-10k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
Scope Creep and Mismatched Processes:
Competitor Landscape
- Celonis/Signavio (process mining)
- Jira Align/Tempo
- Panaya (impact analysis)
- ScopeMaster
Must-Have Features for MVP
Process mining ingestion from SAP/Oracle/Dynamics logs
Fit-to-standard vs. custom classifier with confidence score
Change-budget wallet per process (cost/time/complexity)
Story analyzer plugin for Jira/Azure DevOps/GitHub
Policy engine that blocks out-of-budget merges/transports
Impact simulator (throughput, cost, license impact, audit risk)
Benefits tracking with forecast vs. actual variance
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Access to ERP event/log data for accurate mining
- Cultural resistance to gatekeeping changes
- Quality of simulation models for throughput and cost
- Mapping stories to processes reliably
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- 30%+ reduction in custom objects vs. baseline
- 20% faster cycles by minimizing rework
- Executive dashboards adopted by PMO/CFO
- Accurate (<10% variance) impact forecasts on top 10 processes
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.