AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF TALENT MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A MECHANISM FOR SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI) IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA.

Abstract

Despite significant progress in software engineering, many projects still fall short in terms of schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction. To address this issue, more research is required in the area of Software Process Improvement (SPI) within software engineering companies, and one effective way to do this is by improving the expertise of practitioners, as the knowledge of a company's employees is its major asset, and as a result, talent management (TM) becomes necessary. Given this, the research aims to present empirical evidence on Talent Management methods at selected software companies in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, and to provide a framework for Talent Management usage by software engineers and project managers. Surveys were conducted with descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) using SPSS to acquire the necessary data. The study revealed that existing methods in the case study organizations were insufficient to prevent recurring software crises, thus the need for a mechanism or framework to manage and retain talents.