Retaining the Talented    The Telegraph, July 31, 2001 Amidst the slowdown in the software sector, all leading companies that are adopting various methods to cut staff are also trying hard to retain the best talents in the hope that there will soon be a reversal in the trend.  IT professionals are confident that the trend will change in next six to nine months. The companies with deep pockets are utilizing this slowdown period to improve skills of their people to attract business.  QAI has tailored itself to help the companies to enhance their strengths to attract business. One such course offered by QAI – People Capability Maturity Model® (PCMM®) – has been adopted by many leading companies like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Oracle, and Infosys.  PCMM® provides guidance for software organization on crucial areas such as attracting; developing, motivating, deploying and training the talent needed to steadily improve the organization’s software development capability.  Navyug Mohnot, executive director QAI, said, “The People Capability Maturity Model® helps software organizations to Characterize the maturity of their workforce practices, guide a programme of continuous workforce development, set priorities for immediate interventions, integrate and workforce development with process improvement.”  Tata Consultancy services, which has continued to be the leading software exporter for the last many years has invested about Rs 1.35 crore in this project. It has provided training to 1000 professionals. Similarly other companies like Digital, Oracle, Satyam Infoway, Intel and Pricewaterhouse Coopers too have invested in PCMM® program.  The PCMM® is characterized by its holistic approach to people related issues. Rather than approach traditional HR interventions in a reactionary, piecemeal fashion, the PCMM® framework enables organizations to incrementally focus on key process areas which and lay foundations for improvement in workforce practices, said Mohnot.  QAI, has launched several initiatives on People related areas. QAI firmly believe that for creating high performance organizations, the focus needs to be on ‘People & Process’ and ultimately on performance.  The company provides full solutions to clients by institutionalizing ‘People Processes’ against the backdrop of the PCMM® framework and measuring performance through the Consortium for IT benchmarking.  It also plans to raise $5-10 million to expand its operations in India.  Back