Best Practices for Aerospace, Defense, and IT Services

Enhancing performance with Best Practice solutions for over 25 years. We specialize in facilitating business excellence!

Our Mission

Our mission has been simple yet invaluable! With strong partnerships and licenses for technology developed at world-class institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI), CMMI Institute (ISACA), the Business Development Institute (Shipley), Cyber AB (DoW), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), we help organizations adopt these best-in-class technologies.

We place a strong focus on Defense, Aerospace, and Systems Development & Services, including CMMI assessments, BG3.0, and CMMC.

Our Services

Capability and Performance Improvement

Building Capability Through Performance Excellence and Model-Based Improvement

SQC provides advisory and consulting services in Software Development, Systems Integration, Services Lifecycle Best Practices, Cybersecurity, People Management, Safety, Supply Chain Management, Data Management, and Virtual Work practices. All solutions are based on globally recognized models and standards.

Our engagements include

Training and Education

Process Appraisals & Assessments

Consulting and Improvement Advisory Services

Appraisals & Assessments

Evaluate, Improve, and Excel

Assessments are diagnostic tools to evaluate current practices and identify improvement opportunities. SQC

provides:

CMMI Benchmark Appraisals

Formal 3-Year appraisals on one or more domains in CMMI or to renew CMMI ratings

CMMI Sustainment Appraisals:

Cost effective 2-year appraisals, for smaller and more routine continuing contracts /projects and programs

SQC Mini-Assessments™:

Targeted gap and health checks.

Quick Looks:

Fast compliance checks by trained assessors.

Cybersecurity Assessments:

CMMC/NIST 800-171/ISO 27001 evaluations.

BG-CMM® Assessments:

Gap, baseline, and formal reviews for business growth.

Business Development Process Improvement & Benchmarking

Enhance Your BD Capability with BG3.0

BG3.0 (Business Growth Capability Maturity Model) sets the gold standard for business development processes. SQC is an authorized appraisal partner for delivering the highest quality services in BD process improvement, training, and assessments.

Our engagements include:

Training Programs

Executive overviews (half-day to three-day), practitioner overviews, authorized intro workshops.

Appraisals

BG-CMM Class B/C, Class A appraisals for certification.

Consulting:

Action planning, ongoing support, BD metrics definition, and implementation aligned with CMMI V3.0.

Cybersecurity Assessment and Related Services

Protect Your Organization with Proven Cybersecurity Practices

SQC provides comprehensive Cybersecurity services including:

Training:

NIST 800-171, CMMC, ISO 27001, CERT-RMM®, DoE C2M2. Executive and detailed sessions tailored to organizational needs.

Formal CMMC Assessments:

Formal CMMC Assessments with our C3PAO partner.

Action planning and strengthening cybersecurity posture:

Action Planning and progress review.

Testimonials / Client Experiences

“Working with SQC, CMMI has been the engine of our business transformation—embedding structure, driving digital agility, and cyber resilience into core operations.”

Thomas Collins

CEO, Marlabs

Thomas Collins

“Working with SQC, CMMI has been the engine of our business transformation—embedding structure, driving digital agility, and cyber resilience into core operations.”

Thomas Collins

CEO, Marlabs

Thomas Collins

“SQC must be the BEST. To win in capability improvement and best practices, you need the best, and THEY ARE!”

V. Meher

IBSS

V. Meher

“SQC must be the BEST. To win in capability improvement and best practices, you need the best, and THEY ARE!”

V. Meher

IBSS

V. Meher

“SQC heralds an industry-disrupting and pragmatic approach, leaving us smarter, simpler, and more efficient.”

CQO

Nous

CQO Nous

“SQC heralds an industry-disrupting and pragmatic approach, leaving us smarter, simpler, and more efficient.”

CQO

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Partner with SQC, Experience the Difference

Our mission has been simple yet invaluable! With strong partnerships and licenses for technology developed at world-class institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI), CMMI Institute (ISACA), the Business Development Institute (Shipley), Cyber AB (DoW), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), we help organizations adopt these best-in-class technologies.

We place a strong focus on Defense, Aerospace, and Systems Development & Services, including CMMI assessments, BG3.0, and CMMC.

Key Performance Goals Achieved

Adoption of CMMI performance metrics through the Cyber Threat QPP model, Physical Security Threat model, and Threat Intelligence model strengthened their security infrastructure, reduced attack rates, and drastically improved response times.