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.
How does access to accurate, timely software project information improve a company’s bottom line?
By removing the financial burdens, risks, and bottlenecks associated with bad decision-making throughout the full software development life cycle.
Real, historical data from QSM is the key to everything–productivity, profitability, and ultimately software project success.
And while some mistakenly view quantitative software management as a “luxury,” the truth is that your software project can’t afford to go without it.
Learn how your development team’s productivity stacks up, and find bottlenecks and defects before they cost you time and money
Discover–empirically–how team size and project scope affect cost, schedule, and quality
Reassess, recalibrate, and optimize your software projects in real-time for immediate impact
QSM offers a variety of solutions, from tools to consulting, targeted to helping you save time and money on your software projects.
Our best-in-class software project estimation tool instantly calculates cost, schedule, and effort.
Avoid cost and schedule overruns with this project oversight and adaptive forecasting tool.
Web-based tool that provides fast, simple project intelligence for anyone and everyone
We help you deploy and sustain comprehensive estimation capabilities across the enterprise.
Based on historical data, a quantitative project assessment that explores practical alternatives.
Analyzes project history, re-forecasts to completion, and provides what-if alternatives.
A government client hires QSM to perform a software productivity benchmark and learns they are overstaffing their projects. Cutting their team size in half enabled delivery of a higher quality product with twice as much functionality at a savings of $4.3M dollars.
Case Study · Government IT Developer
Major software engineering firm was able to show that a 50% staff reduction would not only result in huge cost savings, but also increase productivity to meet the aggressive time constraint. The second release delivered twice the functionality in 2/3rds the time.
Case Study · Major Software Engineering Firm
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 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 your cost and schedule challenges, we offer a variety of solutions - from tools to services or a combination of both - specifically tailored to your needs.
Tell us more about your current business challenges and let us show you how we can help.