Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
Assign tasks based on the unique skills of the person(s) involved. Expertise is defined as the specialised skills possessed by a resource
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
Consider automating activities
Establish a case-based mindset
Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process
Move activities to more appropriate places
Consider whether it is eco-friendly to let humans work over machines
Offer customers the possibility to serve themselves
Offer customers the possibility to choose among privacy settings
Workload-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on individuals' incomplete workload
Performance-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success
Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation
Preference-based task assignment
Let people do what they love to do
Delegate tasks according to resource cost