Delegate tasks according to resource cost
Assign tasks based on the cost of a resource, defined as the person’s per-hour cost when executing a task
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
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Collect similar work items and work in batches
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Consider whether it is eco-friendly to let humans work over machines
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Offer customers the possibility to choose among privacy settings
Workload-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on individuals' incomplete workload
Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy
Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
Allocate task based on past feedback or quality metrics
Experience-based task assignment
Delegate task according to experience: execution frequency, case involvement, interactions
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
Performance-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success