Regulatory research and compliance support
Pipeline-ledPolicy gap analysis
A gap analysis is only useful if it is specific: which requirement, which policy, which sentence is missing. We map requirement by requirement and hand back a remediation list you can actually work through.
- Published price
- $800–3,000 / analysis
- Turnaround
- 5 business days
- Without us
- $5,000–25,000
Fixed per unit, not hourly. No minimum engagement. Quoted before we start.
How we actually produce this
The pipeline produces 70 to 90 percent of the work. A lawyer resolves every exception it flags rather than reviewing everything it got right.
The pipeline is ours. It was built for legal work rather than adapted from a general product, which is why the price for this service is a published number instead of an hourly estimate.
- Why this work leaves a firm
- Every regulatory change requires diffing the new requirement against the existing policy library, and nobody has time to do that for every change.
- What our pipeline does
- We index your policy library, map the regulatory change against every affected policy, identify where current policy falls short, and produce a remediation plan with owners, priorities and dates.
- Where a lawyer steps in
- All remediation priorities and risk acceptance decisions.
- What it changes
- Regulatory changes produce a work plan rather than a memo nobody actions.
What you receive
A gap analysis mapping current policy against the applicable rule, with remediation items listed.
- A requirement-by-requirement map of the applicable rule against current policy
- Gaps identified with the specific requirement and what the policy does or does not say
- Severity assessed per gap, distinguishing a missing control from a drafting weakness
- Remediation items in priority order, with the change each requires
- Conflicts between policies identified where two documents say different things
- An evidence note on which gaps are documentation problems and which are operational
What it costs, and what it replaces
Both figures are published ranges for the same unit of work. Ours is fixed before we start; if our process gets faster, that is our gain and your price does not move.
How engagements are structured →- Adnah Legal
- $800–3,000 / analysis
- Typical cost without us
- $5,000–25,000 / analysis
Roughly 87% lower at the midpoint of each published range.
How the work runs
01
Requirement decomposition
The rule is decomposed into discrete, checkable requirements. A framework assessed at the level of its section headings produces a gap list nobody can act on.
02
Policy mapping
Each requirement is mapped to the policy text that addresses it, with the clause cited, so a claimed coverage can be verified rather than asserted.
03
Gap and severity
Gaps are classified by severity, separating a missing control from imprecise drafting, because those need different responses and different urgency.
04
Remediation plan
Remediation items are listed in priority order with the specific change each requires, and cross-policy conflicts are flagged so fixing one does not break another.
What we need from you
- The current policy set
- The rule, standard or framework to map against
- Any prior audit findings or regulator correspondence
- The entity's actual practice, where it differs from the written policy
What we check before delivery
- Every requirement is marked as addressed, partially addressed or absent; none is left unassessed
- Claimed coverage is verified against the cited policy text
- Severity ratings are applied against stated criteria rather than impressionistically
- Cross-policy conflicts are checked across the whole set, not within single documents
When firms send us this
- Preparing for an audit or regulatory examination
- Responding to audit findings with a documented remediation plan
- Adopting a new framework across an existing policy estate
- Post-acquisition harmonisation of two policy sets
Questions about policy gap analysis
Do you rewrite the policies as well?
The analysis identifies the gaps; drafting the revisions is separate work we are happy to quote alongside it, usually as a single fixed price for both.
Can you assess practice as well as documents?
We assess documents against requirements, and note where you tell us practice diverges from policy. Operational testing is an audit function rather than a documentation one.
Which frameworks do you cover?
Whichever you name. The method is the same: decompose the requirement set, map, assess, prioritise.
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Policy gap analysis at $800–3,000 per analysis, 5 business days. No minimum, no scoping call, no onboarding cycle.