Work in customer teams
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Compose work teams of people from different departments that will take care of the complete handling of specific sorts of cases
Reijers, H., & Liman Mansar, S. (2005). Best practices in business process redesign: an overview and qualitative evaluation of successful redesign heuristics. Omega, 33(4)
Description
Customer teams are an advantageous method that brings together employees from various departments to handle specific types of process instances or cases. The primary responsibility of the team is to oversee a case, with individual members not necessarily involved in executing the case itself. This collaborative approach allows for easy access to shared and distributed knowledge, departmental resources, and tools, enabling a comprehensive examination of a case from multiple perspectives. By utilizing customer teams, organizations can enhance their problem-solving capabilities and provide more efficient and effective resolutions for their customers.
Performance considerations
In summary, customer teams offer a valuable solution for efficiently handling specific cases. By implementing this pattern, organizations can tap into the expertise of multiple workers while also promoting teamwork and enhancing overall quality.
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Consider automating activities
Combine small activities into composite activities
Let workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Delegate and optimize your operations
Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities
Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation
Performance-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success
Allocate task based on past feedback or quality metrics
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Let workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases
Experience-based task assignment
Delegate task according to experience: execution frequency, case involvement, interactions
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement