How We Work

COPAF Consulting operates in organisations that experience challenges with IT, business and regulatory change. COPAF Consulting Business Analysts can be found in regulated industries, such as financial services and public institutions, but also support traditional enterprises.

What our Business Analysts do

Within these organisations, COPAF Consulting Business Analysts take ownership of crafting insights that steer strategic-level decision-making. Our Business Analysts are change agents acting as trusted advisors to C-level management and regulators. Our work needs to ensure that our client passes the audit and provides regulators with proof of compliance. We collaborate with business stakeholders, IT specialists, Legal and Compliance.

We are not Compliance or Legal specialists. We are not Developers or ‘the business’. We are Business Analysts. We are what brings all that expertise together as one. That is COPAF Consulting.

What we deliver

The results of our work as COPAF Consulting Business Analysts are best illustrated by a few practical examples:

Communication is a two-way street

We supported a Tier 1 bank in the EU that struggled to align IT and Compliance in preparing for a new application to go live. Our role as translator here is twofold: first we had to translate the regulatory requirements for IT. Then, we had to provide training to Compliance to use automated, traceable test reports. These training and facilitation efforts built trust, resulting in regulatory approval and a new best practice for future launches.

The client that went on a buying spree

We were asked by an organisation to help centralise their IT capabilities after it bought up several smaller competitors. Some offices had their own DevOps teams that developed their own software solution. The underlying capabilities of these solutions all had to meet the same physical safety regulations and often the same business requirements. We developed and proposed an Agile Way of Work for which we managed the roll-out. We guided both business and IT and eliminated duplicated effort.

Focus on what we do best

Business Analysis is as much an art as it is a science. To deliver unambiguous requirements, clear documentation and lean business processes, one has to understand the stakeholders involved. To safeguard our expertise, COPAF Consulting focuses exclusively on Business Analysis.

Let your success be our next challenge

As you can see, Business Analysis is a broad discipline. Because of that inherent ambiguity, not all Business Analysts are created equal. To make it easier to choose what type of Business Analysis capability serves your organisation best, COPAF Consulting has two offerings:

Business Analysis as a Service (BAaaS)

Output-focused service that provides a scalable structure to your organisation. Ideal for organisations with fluctuating demand for the Business Analysis capability. Our BAaaS offering is available in three core approaches, placing emphasis on regulatory challenges, business improvement or a more flexible, output-driven approach.

Interim Consulting

COPAF Consulting offers Interim Consulting for organisations that are looking to embed Business Analysis capability on an interim basis or for a specific assignment. Ideal for organisations that are looking for (additional) Business Analysis capacity. Available in three levels of seniority, each with their own unique profile and experience to match the needs of your assignment.