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: Senior decision makers that manage or provide oversight to Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) software and IT program acquisition, development and/or sustainment activities.
Do you have responsibility for the success of software program/projects in your organization? Do you need to know how well the program/project is progressing and/or when it will be complete? How about how much it will cost? QSM experts can enter at any point in your software or organizational life cycle and provide a quantifiable assessment of your software project health. We will get to a good understanding about the history and the current status of your program/project, as well as forecast schedule, cost, and other insights to support your decision making. Our services include assessment of your entire software program using our industry leading SLIM tools to 1) quantify the scope remaining and forecast when this project will reach its completion; 2) evaluate alternatives like reducing scope or changing staffing levels so they can be considered as alternative courses of action going forward, and 3) conduct ongoing monthly health checks to provide organizational transparency and continue tracking.
Our estimating and forecasting solutions serve as a GPS to navigate your way past uncertainty throughout a project’s life-cycle
Provides decision makers timely, practical alternatives to consider as realistic tradeoffs.
We are pleased to announce that QSM has been included in the list of 2015 "Cool Vendors" in the IT Vendor Management category by Gartner, Inc.
In the Forbes article “Now Every Company is a Software Company,” David Kirkpatrick argues “regardless of industry your company is now a software company, and pretending that it’s not spells serious peril.
Download QSM Executive Primer Historically, only 20% of software projects are completed successfully and with software becoming critical to nearly every company and industry, having such a high rate of failure is simply unacceptable anymore.
US Federal agency leverages QSM Consulting and SLIM® estimation software to evaluate vendor bid for mission critical project. Analysis showed that the vendor proposal was unattainable; alternative plan reduced software project costs by $600K.
Case Study · US Federal Government Agency
Large US Federal agency hires QSM to produce the quantitative evidence they need to terminate a bad contract, saving $30M. Institutionalized use of quantitative methods for acquisition and management of software projects saves over $25M.
Case Study · US Federal Government Agency with nearly 50,000 employees
We offer a variety of industrial-strength solutions to meet all needs and budget requirements, including complete solutions, "lite" versions, and incremental build-outs.
We typically recommend a staged implementation, as it enables a client to realize significant value while getting to know our process. We also suggest working with us on a single project, to start. You’ll get a good feel for QSM consulting, its benefits, and its suitability for your organization.
Please contact our solution design consultants at 800 424-6755 to discuss your individual needs and constraints. We’ll draft a statement of work, and then work with your procurement team to get a master service agreement in place. Once a purchase order has been issued, we’ll start to execute the project.