QSM provides unparalleled support throughout the product acquisition, installation, and implementation process.
For nearly five decades, QSM has helped organizations bring data-driven discipline to software project estimation, tracking, and benchmarking. Our methodology and tools turn project complexity into measurable, defensible outcomes.
Designed For: Corporations and law firms with a software project or portfolio currently in litigation.
Are you involved in a contract negotiation or dispute worth millions of dollars? Do you need expert quantitative assessment of a software project or portfolio?
QSM is here to help.
We’ve served as expert witnesses in numerous court cases–many involving valuations of software portfolios in the context of corporate mergers, as well as contract disputes over individual software projects.
As your expert resource, we’ll make extensive use of our tools, our database of benchmarks, and our senior staff of published authors and recognized quantitative specialists.
We'll research the specifics of your case and familiarize ourselves with the objectives of your proposed analysis.
We'll review all relevant documentation and computer files, and we’ll identify the key tools and data points needed for our analysis.
We'll analyze the data using our SLIM tools—industry-leading products with a 35-year track record of success. If applicable, we’ll also use our historic database of 10,000 completed projects as an independent comparison resource.
We'll document our opinion in a full, written report.
We'll prepare for and provide any testimony required.
Use our historic database of 10,000 completed projects as an independent comparison resource.
Leverage our best-in-class tools and our senior staff of published authors and recognized quantitative specialists.
A major transportation provider faced a huge tax liability related to a software portfolio that they acquired in a merger. QSM performed independent estimates of the cost to rebuild the applications and reduced their tax liability by $50 million.
Case Study · Major Transportation Provider