Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
Assign tasks to resources based on constraints associated with the execution of tasks within the business process
Goel, K., Fehrer, T., Röglinger, M., & Wynn, M. T. (2023). Not Here, But There: Human Resource Allocation Patterns. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 377–394).
Foundational free Patterns
Determine whether activities are related to the same type of case and, if necessary, distinguish new business processes
Establish a case-based mindset
Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process
Design business processes for typical cases and isolate exceptional cases from the normal flow
Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
First-contact problem resolution
Establish a one-contact resolution for customer issues
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement
Workload-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on individuals' incomplete workload