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
Goel, K., Fehrer, T., Röglinger, M., & Wynn, M. T. (2023). Not Here, But There: Human Resource Allocation Patterns. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 377–394).
Foundational free Patterns
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
Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Offer customers the possibility to choose among privacy settings
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
Delegate tasks according to resource cost
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