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.
QSM's Software Lifecycle Management (SLIM) software applications enable better decision-making at every stage of the software development lifecycle:
Get to Know SLIM-Suite!
SLIM-Suite provides time-tested, integrated tools that support every stage of the software project lifecycle.
SLIM-Suite includes the following:
Feasibility Assessments/Estimates/Planning. Every project starts as an idea or proposal. SLIM-Estimate provides credible resource, budget, and schedule estimates and work plans based on demonstrated capabilities and available resources, not sales targets or marketing goals.
[Microsoft Windows]
Program/Portfolio Management, Complex Estimates. Roll up your entire portfolio in SLIM-MasterPlan for an aggregated “master” view of estimates, in progress projects. Also useful for complex estimates with multiple releases and non-software components.
In Flight Tracking/Forecasting. Once the project is underway, SLIM-Control monitors actual effort/cost, construction, and defect data. Configurable control bounds provide early warning if the project starts to slip. Curve fit forecasting helps project teams evaluate practical planning alternatives and predict the most likely completion date.
Closeout. As projects complete, import them into SLIM-DataManager to capture final performance data and calibrate future estimates to past performance, lifecycle.
Benchmarking/Process Improvement. Analyze/benchmark completed project data in SLIM-Metrics. Group projects into related data sets using queries/data set definitions. Create custom reference trends that can be imported into Estimate, Control, or Collaborate to support both estimates and post-release benchmarking.
Share data and analysis across the enterprise. Use SLIM-Collaborate’s web-based user interface to instantly share estimates and completed project data with stakeholders across the enterprise. Flexible roles and permissions let you decide who can view or edit data, edit/create/delete projects, export/import data, and advance projects to the next lifecycle stage.
[Web-based SaaS Solution]