Redefining Compliance & Risk Management with Advanced RegTech Solutions 

Background

Regulatory compliance is more than just following rules—it’s a critical business necessity. A single misstep can lead to huge fines, reputational damage, and even leadership shakeups.  

Our client, a top U.S.-based RegTech innovator recognized these challenges. Most businesses are losing time and money trying to keep up with fast-changing regulations. Their existing systems are slow, risks are unpredictable, and compliance is a constant burden. They need an intelligent, automated system that simplifies compliance, reduces manual work, and improves efficiency. 

To bring this vision to life, they partnered with Symphony Solutions to improve their existing compliance platform—ensuring businesses stay ahead of any regulatory changes. 

Challenge

The client’s development process faced challenges in improving workflows, optimizing resource allocation, and enhancing efficiency, impacting both product scalability and delivery timelines. Key obstacles included: 

1. Scalability Challenges 

• Limited development capacity led to delays and inconsistent execution. 
• Product management issues introduced delays and uncertainty in execution 

2. Requirements Management Challenges 

• Unstructured documentation caused shifting priorities and unclear deliverables. 
• No standardized sign off framework for PRD releases, leading to frequent scope deviations. 

3. Agile & QA Optimisation Areas 

• Non-systematic sprint planning caused unpredictable workloads. 
• Ambiguous estimation processes led to inconsistent development timelines. 
• Informal testing strategy resulted in long QA cycles and higher defect rates. 
• Vague roles and responsibilities delineation created perplexity across teams. 

4. Technical Debt & Scalability Challenges 

• Legacy architectural limitations slowed development velocity. 
• Scalability constraints prevented smooth progression of the platform. 

5. Workflow & Collaboration Impediments  

• Jira suboptimal management and GitHub PR dependencies created deployment delays. 
• Fragmented coordination and lengthy communication chains created delays in collaboration and issue resolution. 

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Solution

To overcome development complications and improve platform stability, Symphony Solutions focused on five key areas: 

1. Improving Development Efficiency & Release Stability 

• Transitioned from the existing app to an innovative solution, unlocking enhanced capabilities and driving greater efficiency. 
• Revised the release strategy, shifting from intermittent daily releases to structured sprint-based deployments, reducing production incidents and improving quality. 
• Optimized CI/CD pipelines, increasing deployment efficiency by 2.7x, cutting release times. 

2. Strengthening Quality Assurance & Testing 

• Adopted shift-left testing, enabling early defect detection and alleviating QA constraints. 
• Developed automated testing frameworks covering backend, API, and frontend (E2E) testing, reducing manual QA workloads. 
• Developed a comprehensive test strategy from scratch, improving test coverage and bringing more predictability and structure to release cycles. 

3. Enhancing DevOps & Infrastructure Scalability 

• Automated test environment provisioning using Kubernetes. 
• Deployed a scalable infrastructure on AWS EKS, ensuring seamless orchestration and better resource utilization. 
• Implemented GitHub Actions for CI/CD, simplifying deployments and boosting developer productivity. 

4. Optimizing Agile Workflows & Team Collaboration 

• Improved sprint planning & estimation accuracy, balancing workloads across teams. 
• Streamlined Jira workflows and GitHub PR management, for greater team and business visibility. 
• Established defined roles and responsibilities, reducing ambiguity and fostering a more predictable delivery cadence. 

5. Driving Business Impact & Future-Proofing 

• Strategic alignment between technology and business goals for sustainable growth. 
• Reduced scope deviations and unexpected delays, improving project predictability. 
• Developed a robust and resilient compliance platform, providing the client with a solid foundation for continued growth. 

Results 

With Symphony Solutions’ optimizations, the client transformed its compliance platform, improving efficiency, scalability, and decision-making while reducing costs and development delays. Key outcomes include: 

• Smooth Migration & Scalability: Symphony Solutions cooperated with the client on migrating to a new compliance platform with zero downtime, ensuring data integrity, security, and long-term scalability. As part of its app modernization efforts, the platform was upgraded to support future growth and evolving compliance needs.  

• Smarter Compliance & Decision-Making: With Workday integration and advanced metrics, the client gained real-time insights, improving compliance accuracy and decision speed. 

• Faster, Higher-Quality Releases: Structured sprint planning and automated testing increased development speed leading to faster, more reliable product releases. 

• Optimized CI/CD & Cost Savings: Enhancements to the CI/CD pipeline, a fundamental aspect of our DevOps services, reduced deployment times by 2.7x and improved operational efficiency through automation. 

• Stronger Agile Execution: Refined sprint estimations and defined roles improved workflow predictability, reducing delays and scope deviations. 

• Future-Ready Compliance Platform: Our client now operates a high-performance, scalable compliance platform that streamlines regulatory workflows and drives long-term business growth.