Understand and be able to describe a talent-management program. Talent-management programs tie together the elements needed to attract and retain key employees. To do this, organizations must assess employees for future growth, develop the skills they will need in the future, and provide opportunities that keep them engaged.Be able to conduct training-needs analysis. The needs assessment or analysis first identifies areas in which development is needed and then establishes implementation priorities that are in alignment with KBIs. A training-needs analysis begins with an identification of the goal, the current level of training, and the performance gap. The analysis then identifies instructional goals, proposes solutions, estimates their budget impact, and recommends the preferred solution.