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QSM’s integrated platform supports software estimation, tracking, and benchmarking across the software project lifecycle.
SLIM-Collaborate SLIM gives you the power to streamline software estimation workflows and increase stakeholder engagement./products/slim-collaborate
SLIM-Collaborate is QSM’s SaaS product for software project estimation and closeout.
SLIM-control SLIM gives you the power to assess software projects at a glance./products/slim-control
Software project tracking software that uses statistical process control techniques to compare project plans to actuals and generate forecasts to completion.
SLIM-DataManager SLIM gives you the power to build and analyze a vast collection of completed software projects./products/slim-datamanager
SLIM-DataManager is a repository for completed project data that supports data analysis, identification of relationships and trends, and fact-based estimation.

Blog

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How to Avoid Software Cost and Schedule Overruns Dec 17, 2025 The benefits of quantifying software size throughout the project lifecycle./blog/2026/how-avoid-software-cost-and-schedule-overruns
Software project cost and schedule overruns remain a concern for many organizations. Measuring software size throughout the project lifecycle provides insights to reduce risk and improve project success.
IT Portfolio Budgeting & Capacity Planning QSM helps align demand and capacity with effortless speed and reliability./consulting/it-demand-management-vs-capacity-planning
QSM helps quantify software portfolio plans, identify high-risk projects, and adjust plans to match resource demand with capacity.
Webinars QSM hosts regular webinars featuring new products, services, and hot topics in the industry./resources/research/webinars
QSM webinars feature a wide variety of topics for the software estimation and management industry.
What Makes a Software Performance Benchmark Truly Meaningful? May 7, 2026 How quantifying software size provides the necessary context for accurate software performance benchmarking and estimate validation. …/blog/2026/what-makes-software-performance-benchmark-truly-meaningful
This blog post shows how quantifying software size provides the necessary context for accurate software performance benchmarking and estimate validation.

Team

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Our Team Meet the experts behind QSM. As a family-owned leader in software estimation, our team is dedicated to integrity, trust, and delivering superior project outcomes./about-us/our-team
The company’s employees combine creative problem-solving and decades of experience to analyze software project data and help turn it into sustainable success.

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The QSM Advantage/about-us
QSM’s philosophy is that understanding the software development process enables better algorithms for predicting and controlling software costs and lifecycles.

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Contact us/contact-us
QSM provides software project estimation and measurement products, consulting, and personalized service.

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