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
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Foundational free Patterns
Consider automating activities
Eliminate unnecessary activities
Buffer external information and subscribe to updates
Minimize numerical involvement
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.
Offer customers the possibility to choose among privacy settings
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy
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