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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.
Too often, software project estimates feel about as accurate as a Magic 8-Ball.
But that’s because what most of us think of as “estimation” is really just bottom-up planning–dividing a software project into its component tasks, and then trying to pair each task with plausible time and resource numbers.
QSM estimation is completely different.
It’s based on real, verified project data, and it happens from the top-down–long before prohibitive schedules, budgets, and task lists get cemented into place.
Which makes our quantitative estimates exponentially more accurate, consistent, and useful than anything you’ve seen before.
QSM offers a variety of solutions, from tools to consulting, targeted to improving software project estimation.
Web-based tool that provides fast, simple project estimation intelligence for anyone and everyone.
Our best-in-class software project estimation tool, customizable to any design process.
Ideal for analyzing organizational portfolios and planning large complex system integrations.
We help you deploy and sustain comprehensive estimation capabilities across the enterprise.
Quantitative assessment of your program that focuses on technical feasibility, schedule, cost, and reliability.
Confidently estimate project feasibility and match demands to your current resources.
Corporate estimation group's process, requiring three people over a three-week period, realized over $57K labor cost savings by reducing the estimation team to one person, able to calculate and evaluate several software estimates in less than two days using SLIM®.
Case Study · Corporate Estimation Group
Major system integrator calibrated SLIM® to their historical data and improved their software estimation accuracy, with 83% estimates within +/- 10% of actual and 91% within +/- 20% of actual project outcomes.
Case Study · Leading System Integrator
A major utility company's IT department used QSM's software productivity benchmarking and IT portfolio budget analysis services, which identified $2.5M in probable overruns plus $5M in savings, and implements dramatically improved software estimation processes.
Case Study · Major Electric Utility Company
When it comes to improving estimation, we offer a variety of solutions - from tools to services or a combination of both - specifically tailored to your needs.
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