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
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Foundational free Patterns
Establish a case-based mindset
Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Empower workers for more decision-making authority
Minimize numerical involvement
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Automate for environmental impact
Implement automation in a sustainable way
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
Delegate tasks according to resource cost
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement
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