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
Let workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases
Determine whether activities are related to the same type of case and, if necessary, distinguish new business processes
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Empower workers for more decision-making authority
Elevate physical constraints by applying new technology
First-contact problem resolution
Establish a one-contact resolution for customer issues
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
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