Introduction

Scopingly.io is a Scoping Document Builder — a workspace for product and engineering teams to turn requirements into estimated, versioned, and calibrated scope documents.

Most teams estimate once, in a spreadsheet, and never learn from the result. Scopingly closes that loop: requirements carry structured signal, scope is generated with provenance back to the requirement it came from, estimates are committed as immutable versions, and actual effort feeds back in so the system corrects its own bias over time.

The core flow

At its heart, Scopingly moves work through four stages:

PRD  ──▶  Scope  ──▶  Schedule  ──▶  Actuals
 │         │            │              │
 │         │            │              └─ feed back → calibration
 │         │            └─ compression meter: does the date fit?
 │         └─ versioned, approvable, provenance-linked
 └─ gaps detected, exec summary, reviewer sign-off

1. Write a PRD. Author a product requirements document, invite reviewers, and let Scopingly flag gaps — a missing success metric, no out-of-scope boundary — before they become estimation risk.
2. Generate a scope. Turn the PRD into a structured scope document: deliverables, effort, and assumptions, with a provenance link back to the exact PRD version it was generated from.
3. Commit a version. Approve the scope. An approved scope is never edited in place — it is superseded by a new version, so every estimate has a real baseline to measure against.
4. Project and calibrate. Project the scope onto a target date, then feed actual effort back in so future estimates get more accurate.

Who it's for

• Product managers author requirements, surface gaps, and get one-page executive summaries for stakeholders.
• Engineering leads review scope, commit versioned estimates, and see how a target date compresses their team's own numbers.
• Organizations get role-based access control, teams, SSO, custom domains, audit logs, and per-org content encryption.

How it's built

Scopingly is a full-stack application with a microservices backend, a React frontend, and a dual-database design (PostgreSQL for relational data, MongoDB for document content). You don't need to know any of that to use it — but if you're integrating over the API, see the API overview.

Next steps

• New here? Start with the quick start.
• Want the vocabulary first? Read core concepts.
• Comparing plans? See pricing.