On Thursday, June 16 at 1:00 PM EDT, QSM will host a webinar focused on estimating package implementations.

To be able to estimate package implementations, we need to be able to size them and support productivity assumptions with relevant data. Presented by Keith Ciocco, this webinar demonstrates package implementation sizing processes and how to calibrate SLIM software estimation tools to package implementation project trends.

As Vice President of QSM, Keith has more than 23 years of experience working in sales and customer service, with 15 of those years spent at QSM. Keith’s primary responsibilities include managing business development, existing client relations, customer retention and response.

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If you were unable to attend "An Introduction to the SLIM Suite of Tools," originally presented on April 28 by Keith Ciocco, a replay is now available for viewing.

Want to learn more about our tools? This webinar will give you an introduction to the SLIM Suite, as well as highlight some of the new features for users that are already familiar with SLIM. QSM Vice President Keith Ciocco shows you how to sanity-check your estimates with industry data, provide what-if analysis, and negotiate estimates with clients or management. Get a full overview of the SLIM-Suite, including SLIM-Estimate, SLIM-Control, SLIM-Metrics, SLIM-MasterPlan, and SLIM-DataManager.

As Vice President of QSM, Keith has more than 23 years of experience working in sales and customer service, with 15 of those years spent at QSM. Keith’s primary responsibilities include managing business development, existing client relations, customer retention and response.

View the replay here.

On Thursday, April 28 at 1:00 PM EDT, QSM will host a webinar showcasing features of the SLIM Suite of Tools.

Want to learn more about our tools? This webinar will give you an introduction to the SLIM Suite, as well as highlight some of the new features for users that are already familiar with SLIM. QSM Vice President Keith Ciocco shows you how to sanity-check your estimates with industry data, provide what-if analysis, and negotiate estimates with clients or management. Get a full overview of the SLIM-Suite, including SLIM-Estimate, SLIM-Control, SLIM-Metrics, SLIM-MasterPlan, and SLIM-DataManager.

As Vice President of QSM, Keith has more than 23 years of experience working in sales and customer service, with 15 of those years spent at QSM. Keith’s primary responsibilities include managing business development, existing client relations, customer retention and response.

To register, click here.

On Thursday, September 30th at 1 pm EDT, QSM will host a Webinar on Agile Estimation Methods.

You can view the replay of this webinar here.

Our recent webinar, "Introduction to the High Performance Benchmark Consortium," was a great success and we are already looking forward to planning our next presentation.  Joe Madden received a lot of insightful questions regarding our new consulting program.  We are aware that your time is valuable and scheduling can be a challenge, so we have recorded a replay, including Q&A, for anyone who was unable to attend the scheduled webinar.

To view the replay, click here.

I am pleased to announce that on Thursday, February 25 at 1:00 PM EST, QSM will be hosting a webinar based on our new High Performance Benchmark Consortium.

QSM has introduced a program specifically designed to help software development or acquisition organizations quantify and demonstrate performance improvement over time. The High Performance Benchmark Consortium is for clients who want to be best in class software producers and are willing to be active participants in the program. In today’s economic environment it is more important than ever for both suppliers and acquirers to compete more effectively and provide value to their customers. Members of the Consortium gain access to proprietary research that leverages the QSM historical benchmark database of over 8,000 validated software projects.

Presented by benchmarking expert and head of QSM Consulting, Joe Madden, this webinar will discuss:

• the major components of the program
• the different levels of membership participation
• the benefits of being a member
• sample deliverables that a typical member would receive

To register for this event, simply follow this link and click "Register."

Just before the holidays, we hosted our first in-house webinar, "Managing Productivity with Proper Staffing Strategies." Confronted with challenges presented by the current economy, we see more and more systems development groups trying to do more with less.  The ultimate goal is to maximize productivity and minimize defects, but many teams struggle to get there.  It is possible, but the most effective methods used to achieve maximum efficiency are counter-intuitive.  People always think more effort will produce more product.  The fact is using less effort is often more effective.  Presented by industry expert, John Bryant, this webinar explains and proves the correct way to maximize productivity while at the same time minimizing cost and defects. 

John Bryant has over forty years of IT experience.  He spent the last several years using the SLIM Suite of Tools to improve the software development process by properly estimating, tracking, and analyzing software development efforts.  His expertise includes project management, teaching and mentoring from initial project evaluation and planning through construction. 

In case you missed it, you can view the replay of this webinar here.