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
Let workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases
Reduce the number of contacts with customers and third parties
Establish standardized interfaces
Consider a standardized interface with customers and partners
Consider whether it is eco-friendly to let humans work over machines
First-contact problem resolution
Establish a one-contact resolution for customer issues
Preference-based task assignment
Let people do what they love to do
Performance-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success
Allocate task based on past feedback or quality metrics
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement
Workload-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on individuals' incomplete workload