ScopeGuard: ERP Program Digital Twin & Budget Autopilot
8/10
Demand Score
ERP transformations frequently exceed budgets; early detection and automated controls prevent expensive overruns and renegotiations.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$4k-18k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A governance layer tailored for ERP programs that continuously reconciles SOWs, change requests, Jira/ADO epics, transports/custom code commits, and timesheets to predict scope creep and budget overru
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Competitor Landscape
- Planview
- Jira Align
- Smartsheet
- Clarity PPM
- SAP Focused Build
Must-Have Features for MVP
SOW parser and clause library tuned to ERP programs
Live linkage of epics, commits/transports, and timesheets
Forecasting with ERP-specific benchmarks and Monte Carlo
Auto-generated, vendor-ready change requests and approvals
Executive cockpit with burn-to-value and risk heatmaps
Outcome tracking mapping work to KPIs (DPO, C2C, OTIF)
Budget guardrails: thresholded approvals and holdbacks
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Reliable ingestion of vendor timesheets and transport logs
- Supplier pushback on stricter gatekeeping
- Mapping spend to business outcome KPIs
- Executive adoption and change governance
Risk Level: Minimal
🎯 Keys to Success
- Reduce scope-related change orders by 25%+
- Detect >80% of forecast overruns at least 3 sprints ahead
- Demonstrate linkage from spend to operational KPIs
- Low-friction setup using connectors and templates
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