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
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.
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Automate for environmental impact
Implement automation in a sustainable way
Offer customers the possibility to serve themselves
Offer customers the possibility to choose among privacy settings
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
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