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: Those responsible for acquiring or delivering software and IT solutions in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC).
We provide independent and unbiased quantitative assessment of your software project applicable throughout the DoD Acquisition and Sustainment Life-Cycle, whether single release or multi-release scenarios, and across various software domains and development methodologies. QSM consultants, using our industry leading SLIM suite of tools, focus on technical feasibility, schedule and cost realism, and product reliability so we can align with the DoD/IC priorities of cost, schedule and performance accountability. Additionally, our analyses are supported by historical data which makes the results less subjective and ultimately based on quantitative rigor. We explore and present practical alternatives that will get capabilities to the field sooner with lower cost.
Harness the power of your organization’s software data to gain insights to best manage software development and support cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
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.
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.
The correct management decisions in these vital areas at the beginning of a software project will determine whether that project is a success, or a failure.
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.
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
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
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.