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
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Establish standardized interfaces
Consider a standardized interface with customers and partners
Minimize numerical involvement
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Avoid shared responsibilities for tasks by people from different functional units
Collect similar work items and work in batches
Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
Performance-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success
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