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.
For organizations seeking help with multi-project portfolios or enterprise-wide programs, QSM delivers complete, turnkey solutions and our most powerful guidance to help foster better decision making and smarter organizational change at the highest levels. Large portfolios and wide-reaching projects in particular stand to benefit from our data-driven consulting services, which are backed by the largest verified software project database in existence. Read more about our enterprise solutions below, and learn how QSM intelligence can strengthen, enhance, rescue, or transform your most important enterprise programs and portfolios.
Quantify your project plans, identify high-risk projects, and adjust for reality.
Uncover unrealistic bids and ensure outsourced projects stay on track with our proven methodology.
Formalize estimation processes to optimize portfolio and resource demand against existing capacity.
Quantitative assessment of your program that focuses on technical feasibility, schedule, cost, and reliability.
Confidently negotiate demand limits and match demands to your current resources.
Keith Ciocco advocates tracking software projects at the release level for effective forecasting and project success.
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.
Continuing to track key metrics about your projects, as well as analyze historical data, enables your estimates to become full circle and improve your processes.
One of the largest US financial institutions IT department implements Estimation Center of Excellence to stop software project cost overruns and saves over $1.2M.
Case Study · Financial services company with over 30,000 employees
A global transportation and shipping company, maintaining 2500+ systems, leveraged QSM products and consulting and reduced the cost of rebaselining out-of-scope software projects by 90% and improved stakeholder satisfaction from more on-time deliveries.
Case Study · Global transportation/shipping corporation with over 280,000 employees world wide
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
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
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.