Manage Software Vendors

QSM helps you find the true capabilities—and limitations—of your vendors.

Trust, but verify.

Even the best software development vendors can fall prey to wishful thinking.

But data-driven estimation, tracking, and benchmarking is grounded in thousands of real project outcomes—not hopes, opinions, assumptions, or marketing claims.

With QSM, you’ll get real-time access to three decades of research, thousands of projects, and over 600 industry trends—so you can anticipate the complex, often counterintuitive interactions between staff, schedule, defects, and productivity.

All of which means you’ll know when your software vendors are overcommitted—even before they do.

Return on Investment

QSM client uses SLIM-Estimate in an oversight role to uncover an unrealistic proposal and then select a vendor that had a good technical solution along with an effective execution plan.
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U.S. Federal Government Agency did not have the confidence to challenge contractor cost and schedule estimates for software development projects. They hire QSM and get the quantitative evidence they need to terminate a bad contract, saving $30M. The client has now institutionalized the use of quantitative methods for acquisition and management of software, achieving over $25M in additional savings thus far.
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US Federal Government agency leverages QSM Consulting and SLIM tool to evaluate vendor bid for mission critical project. QSM analysis reveals that the vendor proposal is unreasonable and proposes alternative plan to client that reduced costs by $600K.
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When it comes to vendor management, 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.