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
Eliminate unnecessary activities
Delegate and optimize your operations
Avoid shared responsibilities for tasks by people from different functional units
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy
Experience-based task assignment
Delegate task according to experience: execution frequency, case involvement, interactions
Delegate tasks according to resource cost
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