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: Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) Costing Organizations and Program Offices.
We understand the importance of fiscal responsibility for software and IT acquisition. At QSM, we strive to provide our customers with critical insight to their software costs through quantitative estimation and assessment. QSM experts can enter at any point in your software acquisition or sustainment life cycle and provide a credible analysis of your software project costs. We have extensive experience in supporting focused software cost analysis, including developing software cost products for various independent cost estimates (ICEs) business case analysis (BCA) and cost estimating relationships (CERs).
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.
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
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
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.