Project Quant

Project Quant is a special research project to develop a metrics model for measuring the costs and effectiveness of patch management. This page includes the research deliverables associated with the project.

All of the draft materials and public feedback are available on the project Blog and Forums:

• The Project Quant Blog and Landing Page
• The Project Quant Forums

Published project documents include:

• Version 1.0 of the Project Quant Report
• The Project Quant Survey Results Analysis

Here are the raw survey results from the project's Open Patch Management Survey:

• Project Quant Raw Survey Results, September 2009. (Zip file includes summary results in Excel format, and full raw results in Excel and CVS formats.)
• The survey is still active, and you can participate here.