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Regulatory Compliance Software: Developing the SaaS Platform
Regulatory compliance software developed as SaaS for a vendor specializing in chemical substances. We brought Java and React developers and regulatory experts together in one team, so that business knowledge sits at the heart of the application.
Industry
Compliance · Manufacturing
What we built
SaaS compliance platform
Technologies
Java, React
Team
Developers and regulatory experts
The client
A SaaS vendor where software meets science.
A software vendor specializing in regulatory compliance for chemical substances and products subject to international regulations. It supports its customers with a SaaS platform and deep scientific expertise.
In this field, rules and regulatory data cannot sit next to the product: they are its core. The software has to apply them correctly and keep up as they change.
The challenge
Turning scientific expertise into reliable software.
Combine scientific expertise and software development
Translate regulatory knowledge into rules and data the application can use.
Close the gap between experts and developers
Avoid back-and-forth and lost information between those who know the regulations and those who code them.
Keep up with regulatory change
A platform that can absorb regulatory changes without weakening what already works.
What we built
Regulatory compliance software: one team, one product.
SaaS compliance platform
Development of the application in Java and React, from the application core and compliance engine to the interfaces.
Built-in regulatory expertise
Business rules and regulatory data integrated directly into the platform.
Back-end developers build the application core and the compliance engine, where business rules are applied. Front-end developers build the interfaces. Regulatory experts bring the regulations and scientific data the platform has to process, and check that the product applies them correctly.
Team and organization
Eleven people, three areas of expertise, one product team.
Back end
2 Java developers. Application core & compliance engine.
Front end
3 React developers. Interfaces & user experience.
Domain expertise
6 regulatory experts. Regulations & scientific data.
Developers and regulatory experts are run as a single product team. This is how we deliver, through a dedicated IT team: a team shaped around the work to be done, stable over time, that builds up knowledge of the product. Here, it also includes the domain expertise the software needs.
Technologies used
Java for the compliance engine, React for the interfaces.
The Java back end powers the application core and the compliance engine. The React front end powers the interfaces and user experience of the SaaS platform. Quality assurance (QA) tests the work before release.
JavaDurable services and business applications, integrated with your organization’s data.↗ReactScalable web interfaces for your business applications and SaaS products.↗Custom softwareBusiness software designed around your rules and your users.↗Software quality & testingTested releases, fewer regressions.↗
Outcome
Regulatory knowledge at the heart of the product.
- Rules and regulatory data are built directly into the platform, not managed on the side.
- Experts and developers work in the same team, which shortens the path from a regulatory change to its implementation in the product.
- A SaaS platform built to evolve with regulations.
- Development work tested by quality assurance before every release.
Frequently asked questions
Regulatory compliance software: your questions.
What did we build for this vendor?
A SaaS regulatory compliance platform, developed in Java and React, with business rules and regulatory data built directly into it.
Why combine developers and regulatory experts?
Compliance for chemical substances relies on precise scientific and regulatory knowledge. By bringing both profiles into the same team, that knowledge is translated directly into the application, and regulatory changes can be reflected in the product.
How is the team made up?
Eleven people in total. Two Java developers on the back end, three React developers on the front end and six regulatory experts, run as a single product team.
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