Earned Value Management (EVM) is a standard practice for government contract projects. EVM is a project management discipline that integrates the scope of work with the traditional measures of cost and schedule to provide a realistic and comprehensive measurement for managing and controlling high-risk projects. It provides management with early warnings of schedule/cost slippages and can be used to more accurately predict a project’s actual cost/schedule based on a project’s performance in completing deliverables.

Mosaic is working to apply earned value management to software development. Our expertise in quality assurance, software development processes and measurement provides the tools to overcome the limitations that have been slowing the acceptance of earned value for software development. EVM will provide a unifying process for QSTAR because in addition to its management benefits, EVM also enforces strong project management and quality practices.

Mosaic is developing a consortium of companies interested in working on defining the contents of QSTAR. If you are interested in joining the consortium or for more information, contact Mosaic at 312-819-2220 or email us.